Music is the thousandth of a millisecond between one note and another; how you get from one to the other-that's where the music is.

Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music.

Mozart's music is like an X-ray of your soul - it shows what is there, and what isn't.

There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.

Music is like making love: either all or nothing.

When you believe in something, you can move mountains.

It is only through failure and through experiment that we learn and grow.

Music is not an acquired culture... it is an active part of life.

A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man.

A conductor has to know how to translate music into a communicative force that makes the listener want to hear what he has to say.

New York is the dirtiest, largest, ugliest, broken-down city in the world-but it's the only one.

everyone is in a hurry and things are always disappearing, and i am always left standing here--alone, waiting for the things that stay.

The world is not fair. That's why it needs heroes.

Do you have any idea how rare love is? In a thousand years, I have found it but twice, and when I have, I have honored it.

There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent creative personality for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.

My philosophy is to always find the smartest people you can. Hire people smarter than you.

Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

Open Secret boasts a nifty plot and, in Coroner Fortin, a fascinating protagonist who will likely be around for a long time. Deryn Collier is a talent to watch.

Entrepreneurs do more than anyone thinks possible, with less than anyone thinks possible.

I just sat all night looking at him, saying, 'Wow, it's incredible.' When Yoko woke up, I told her, 'He's fine,' and we cried.

It's too late to apologize for. I have already forgiven you.