I conduct faster so you can see my beat.

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.

Change lays her hand not upon the truth.

We have to provide more visibility, more certainty to the investors and reduce the cost of failure.

You can't not be a little different from others and be successful for three decades.

Great persecutors are recruited among martyrs whose heads haven't been cut off.

California has a beautiful coastline. It can be a rough coastline. The waves are huge. The rocks are steep. Same thing in Vancouver. It has a beautiful coastline. It's dramatic.

People are funny. When they are young, they will spend their health to get wealth. Later, they will gladly pay all they have trying to get their health back.

When I walk I part the air and always the air moves in to fill the spaces where my body's been.

Our loving God wills that we eat, drink and be merry.

The more we can have peaceful trade both with Russia, with China, and with others, you know, there's a self interest in this for everyone.

Ingratitude is monstrous.