And I always tried to be not a star. To be someone who people like to talk to.

Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front of 100 musicians and talk to them and leading them.

An orchestra full of stars can be a disaster.

If every school would hire two more music teachers, we would need two fewer police officers.

Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success.

Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough as you and you should never speak out of an orchestra.

I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.

And if you are strong enough, then you can grow as a conductor more and more.

What I never overcame is a kind of shyness.

I was different from most young conductors today.

And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor.

The one who has developed a habit of taking a lot of respect from others [relish pride], will get cheated.

Faith is a belief in divine God.

The first petition that we are to make to Almighty God is for a good conscience the next for health of mind and then of body.

Never do human beings speculate more, or have more opinions, than about things which they do not understand.

I am actually as good as everybody else pretends to be. It's scary.

The manifest universe is the body of God ... all people are incarnations of the One Spirit.

Hold up your hands before your eyes. You are looking at the hands of God.

Alan Rickman told me to do a play, so I did. Because when Alan Rickman tells you do something, you go and do it.

The essence of synergy is to value differences-to respect them, to build on strengths, to compensate for weaknesses

We are in a world that is connected, but is not communicating.