Its just that, when the orchestra look at me, I want them to see a completely involved person who reflects what we rehearsed, and whose function is to make it possible for them to do it.

A lot of people get impatient with the pace of change.

It was just that we had this phenomenal honeymoon relationship that just kept on going.

And, over the last thirty years we have seen men's participation in both housework and childcare has increased and women's have stayed at about the same.

I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest.

Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it.

But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.

Second, if you're the boss, just because they don't ask doesn't mean your employees don't have needs.

Employee fathers need to step up to the plate and put their family needs on the table.

Art has never been a popularity contest.

I have a big problem with conductors who gesture a lot.

Two turtle doves will show theeWhere my cold ashes lieAnd sadly murmuring tell theeHow in tears I did die

I am thankful for all blessings and lessons learned that have given me peace and solace which I try to share with great humility and humbleness.

I don't want to put my life in the hands of any doctor who believes in reincarnation. Give me a good old-fashioned American doc who'll make sure you live to pay that bill.

There is no friendship no love like that of the parent for the child.

Vanity in its idler moments is benevolent, is as willing to give pleasure as to take it, and accepts as sufficient reward for its services a kind word or an approving smile.

Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons.

The time to show up fully for life is right now, whatever the circumstances.

A 5 letter word for happiness: MONEY.

Sometimes you're ahead of the game and sometimes people don't get it and that's just one of those things you have to accept and carry on.

I read more books than you can imagine on all sorts of odd topics, which is something that I love.