I'm so sorry for you; your lives have been so easy. You can't play great music unless your heart's been broken.

The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.

I have a definition of success. For me it's very simple. It's not about wealth and fame and power. It's about how many shining eyes I have around me.

Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.

When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say "How fascinating!"

In the measurement world, we set a goal and strive to achieve it. In the universe of possibility, we set the context and let life unfold.

The major difference between the 'best' and the 'average' is that the 'best' get as much pleasure from practice as performance.

The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.

It's not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away.

Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know you're doing it.

Everybody loves classical music they just don't know about it yet.

If he wouldn't take charge of this, she would. "Take off your clothes.

Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point.

I'm very ambitious, musically - I want to create great things, not mediocre work.

To pray well is the better half of study.

I love jokes as much as anyone, but I don't want to hear my snail jokes every day. But I might want to hear a good song every day.

...The two great turning-points of my life were when my father sent to Oxford, and when society sent me to prison.

NO PDA,school rules. And besides she's my partner dickhead." said Alex.

Futility is the defining characteristic of life.

I know there's Brooklyn and all the boroughs, but Manhattan specifically is so condensed that the energy is very vibrant. Everywhere you look there is something happening.

Every single night I'm nervous.