Success can corrupt; usefulness can only exalt.

I never use a score when conducting my orchestra... Does a lion tamer enter a cage with a book on how to tame a lion?

Only life suffered can transform a symphony from a collection of notes into a message of humanity.

The removal of God from human consciousness means the removal of meaning and purpose from human life.

...when the room goes silent, someone has spoken with authority...

All art is dependent on technology because it's a human endeavour, so even when you're using charcoal on a wall or designed the proscenium arch, that's technology.

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.

The first game was different but tonight we were just worried about getting ourselves back on track. It's another loss. We've got to keep going, keep trying to get out of this and win on Saturday.

Happy music doesn't tend to move me much

We do not determine right or wrong based on what everybody else is doing.

We have the responsibility to ensure that our first impulse in foreign affairs is one of bipartisanship.

Probably the TV show I've watched the most is 'How It's Made' on the History Channel. I could watch 24 hours of 'How It's Made' and never get bored.

Success is on the far side of failure.