Who is sitting in that empty chair?

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.

What I think, is what I think.

God cannot change for the better, for He is already perfect; and being perfect, He cannot change for the worse.

Day by day we are given not what we want but what we need. Sometimes it is a feast and sometimes...swept crumbs, but by faith we believe it is enough.

Man is neither good nor bad; he is born with instincts and abilities.

He is as much a part of the Derby tradition as the Twin Spires themselves

My experience with Sondheim has been nothing but glorious, especially for a guy who doesn't sing.

That fundamentally undermines your ability to access the best part of your instincts. So my advice to those people would be stop thinking and introspecting so much and do a little more acting.

There are many different ways of categorizing news. It doesn't have to be just war and famine and serious politics.

With a book tucked in one hand, and a computer shoved under my elbow, I will march, not sidle, shudder or quake, into the twenty-first century.

She was so fat that her clothes are made by Omar the tent maker.