Yes, the mutes are already on. You took them off in the beginning.

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.

Don’t just wish and dream—take action to make it happen.

We already live on the planet of war, we already live on the red planet, and it's a war against children. All the other wars are just the shadows of the war on children.

You can do without sleep or without food, but not without both and sleep wasn't an option.

Whether voting Republican or Democrat, the result is the same: A corrupt corporate government.

Being liked by the boys and girls on the bus doesn't necessarily earn you the respect of the people back home. Standing up to them, giving as good as you get, all that helps.

The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.

The perfect shorts are always important.

We all have a right to know, and if the government has been suppressing information about other life forms, that's the cruelest hoax of all.

There is some debate in professional circles about whether the so-called “midlife crisis” exists.

In fact, that's a great thing about America and even about being Catholic, we have plenty of opinions.