There was confusion since I stood here 35 years ago.

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.

Write it down in your own handwriting.

Hurt can make you blind to the truth

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never either so wretched or so happy as we say we are.

I know I might rub people the wrong way sometimes, but I'm just a kid living my dream... I'm enjoying my life.

Love and the search for truth are unifying principles.

You can love more than one person in your life, but things will be different. There'll be a different dynamic. Needs and desires change.

I grew up in the Bronx, but in Riverdale - not exactly an area of New York that's known for being rough and tumble.

I'm a very visual person and I love the ability to tell stories through images.

I'm not going to change. I'm not going to start clubbing or going out in limos. I'm laid-back, and I'm going to stay that way.

Writing is a consciousness formally at work in the territory of the imaginary.

Play the game, never let the game play you.