I think the classical music is on a dangerous downward slope, because it's not seeking strong enough resonance with its society.

I'm more authoritarian with the orchestras than I used to be. You need to hold your ground, I've noticed, or you'll be swept aside.

Musicians ought to reclaim some of the power in the houses of production. The opera houses are run either by managers or by stage directors, never by musicians.

I didn't know someone could cry that much, I thought the tears would run out. They don't.

I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be.

Work hard and don’t manipulate God

I've had bad jobs. Now I have a good one. I'm thankful.

But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are of Spirit, and it is in the darkness of their eyes that men get lost.

Failure is Central to engineering. Every single calculation that an engineer makes is a failure calculation.

Do it or don't. It's amazing how many things in life are that easy.

With all tools at my disposal, I'm 100% into chasing tone and checking out new equipment and "geeking" out during sound check by taking too much time.

We can gradually drop our ideals of who we think we ought to be, or who we think we want to be, or who we think other people think we want to be or ought to be.

I love the Twins, ... I bleed the Twins. That's all I know. If I go anywhere else, I'd be a foreigner.