Without him here, it is impossible to know how fast he will play it, approximately.

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.

Be selfless like a burning candle

The Church right now has more fashion than passion, is more pathetic than prophetic, is more superficial than supernatural.

It was snowing. It was always snowing at Christmas. December, in my memory, is white as Lapland, though there were no reindeers. But there were cats.

The miracle of life is faith.

The end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered.

To leave the number of births unrestricted, as is done in most states, inevitably causes poverty among the citizens, and poverty produces crime and faction.

I'm always impressed with what young people can do before older people tell them it's impossible

The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion.

I think it's an accumulation of work over the years, culminating with our work during the Hurricane Katrina-Rita relief effort.

Mediocre theoretical physicists make no progress. They spend all their time understanding other people's progress.