I can conduct better than I count.

Suddenly I was in the right tempo - but it wasn't.

I'm conducting slowly because I don't know the tempo.

Accelerando means in tempo. Don't rush.

At every concert I've sensed a certain insecurity about the tempo. It's clearly marked 80...uh, 69.

Bizet was a very young man when he composed this symphony, so play it softly.

Beauty is less important than quality.

Im one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. Im just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play.

I told him he'd have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer.

Thank you for your cooperation and vice versa.

There was confusion since I stood here 35 years ago.

Your heart literally hurts when it's breaking. You can feel it, every beat another ache, and nothing you can do will stop it, either from beating or breaking.

We’re gonna lie when the truth is hard? That’s how this relationship is going to work? All righty, then.

Enjoy every moment as much as you can because you never know when those memories will show their back to you.

Don't worry. Worry is useless. I worried anyway

Everybody hears, but few listen.

The smile was so painfully swift and fleeting that it was like the flash of a knife.

I want to be back behind the plate as long as I can. I can help the team that way, and I like being in control and in charge.

No one attacks loose-thinking and folly with half the precision and zest of Thomas Szasz.

It grieves us to produce work that is not perfect.

Youever insult Bride again, I swear I'll rip your throat out and feed you to the gators in the swamp. You understand me?" - Vane