It's so legato it's difficult to splice. Sibelius was famous for that.

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.

True Christianity is NOT a religion, to be a christian, you don't have to be a christian

For gypsies do not like to stay -They only come to go away.

I know very well that one must fight, for one is often in contradiction to the spirit of the age.

I like the word OLD. Not senior, that's for proms. Older? Older than whom? 'Old' is honorable and ripe

Each body has its art.

In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It's sure been tough on my nails.

Now conscience wakes despair That slumber'd,-wakes the bitter memory Of what he was, what is, and what must be Worse.

No one is going to beat the crap out of me more than me.

Imposed philosophical morality (laws/rules) will not save the world. Only a calculated tangible plan to alter our circumstances so such actions pose no merit will stop immoral behaviour.

Fiction shows the external effects of internal conditions. Be aware of the tension between internal and external movement.