The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers.

How could a New Yorker possibly take something called the Hollywood String Quartet seriously?

We need music to restore the human spirit

I use my hands like a sculptor, to mold and shape the sound I want, to clarify.

The convergence of the Rhone and Saone. Paul Bocuse. The birthplace of cinema. Chateauneuf-du-Pape just a few miles down the road. It does not get much better than Lyon.

An orchestra knows during the first two minutes of the first rehearsal whether or not they are going to enjoy the person on the podium.

There is no 'perfect' in music. If I ever came off the stage and felt it could not be better, it would then be time to quit.

We are a global society, and one does not have to be from Germany to give a great performance of Beethoven.

I don't really think about retiring. I will retire just before people start saying, 'I knew Leonard Slatkin when he conducted well.

Over the years it has been my privilege to lead performances with Saint Louis, the National Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra and so many other wonderful organizations.

I'm beginning to see that just knowing the piece is not enough. Having a clear technique is not enough. Having a broad repertory is not enough. I want desperately to get past all those things.

At the core of your heart, you are perfect and pure. No one and nothing can alter that.

Hope:Belief in a bright future.

We are so confused till a state that we do not know where we are standing ...

I am trying to attend every training session and do all of my workouts.

If I have to, I can do anything.

You stand your ground and you perform your art. That's what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.

The Torus is my enemy!

Life is not a matter of holding good cards

So, I understand when they make a mistake and everyone at home is throwing their shoe at the television set.

There are only two races, the decent and the indecent.