I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.

Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front of 100 musicians and talk to them and leading them.

An orchestra full of stars can be a disaster.

If every school would hire two more music teachers, we would need two fewer police officers.

Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success.

Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough as you and you should never speak out of an orchestra.

And if you are strong enough, then you can grow as a conductor more and more.

What I never overcame is a kind of shyness.

I was different from most young conductors today.

And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor.

At the age of 16, something happened with my finger and the doctor told me, you never can be a organist or pianist, so think about what you do with music.

Sister - if all this is true, what could I do or undo?

Integrity is the essence of a beautiful, ethical life.

Wilt Chamberlain lied when he said he had 20, 000 women.

It is of the essence of the demand for equality before the law that people should be treated alike in spite of the fact that they are different.

The more open you are within, the more capacity you will have to know, to see, and to love.

I think Donald Trump is at his best when he sticks to the issues.

He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue of good.

To be successful you have to enjoy doing your best while at the same time contributing to something beyond yourself.

The mass-market paperback, for one, is too expensive.