That was perfect. It was just the opposite from what I said yesterday.

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.

But you see, that's the gilded prison of fashion. We're riding in private jets, and meantime I was so incredibly, painfully sad and lonely.

I probably couldn't have the same experience listening to that song because I'm self-conscious about some of my singing parts.

Personal pride is probably a bad guide to merit.

So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so.

You can be a model to the masses, but to go to the higher levels of influence, you have to work with individuals.

Why do we have to listen to our hearts?" the boy asked. "Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you will find your treasure.

We can begin to open our hearts to others when we have no hope of getting anything back. We just do it for its own sake.

A definite purpose, like blinders on a horse, inevitably narrows its possessor's point of view.

I doubt evolution is real.