It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.

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.

Wow! It's like magic! she exclaimed.Simon shook his head. "It's God's love. That's stronger than any magic." - The Demon Trapper's Daughter

Human-nature will not change.

You cannot coherently affirm the Christian-truth claim and the dominant model of evolutionary theory at the same time.

PHOTOGRAPH, n. A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. It is a little better than the work of an Apache, but not quite so good as that of a Cheyenne.

In a life which has meaning in it, past and future sustain each other.

I have written much less than most people who write; I have drunk much more than most people who drink.

At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable.

It's a great feeling to do what you want and do what you love. Everyone should try it sometime if you're not doing it already.

You know, some people fall right through the hole in their lives. Its invisible, but they come to it after time, never knowing where.

Thirty-five is half a life. I can't lose the other half. I've lost so much living as a shadow of a person.