Start at B. Yes. No. Yes. No.

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.

Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.

I end up writing something every day, since I develop six or seven things at the same time - soccer columns, this and that.

I do think you fall in love when you feel that something of your story is being listened to for the first time, or you feel someone else is hearing it as no one else has ever done.

If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like?

This is good, life must continue, we are fighting barbarians, but we must remain human.

Feminism starts out being very simple, and it ends up being a world view that questions hierarchy altogether.

What's good for Blacks is good for all of America.

There are lots of people who believe that caricature of me the tabloids created, so they think they don't like me.

I would have shared with the banks my long-term vision and got them involved instead of just going to them when I needed money. I should have got them on my team right from the start.

But do we know how to make love stay?' I can't even think about it. The best I can do is play it day by day.