Congratulations to each and every one of you for the concert last night in New York and vice versa.

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.

On close inspection, we shall find that religion, and not fear, has ever been the cause of the long-lived prosperity of an absolute government.

There are things that once done can’t be undone, things that once said can’t be unsaid.

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road.

A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor.

As many as are the difficulties which Virtue has to encounter in this world, her force is yet superior.

I tend to like to write a song and then think about it for a while. I record a demo of it and then put it away and wait until I've gotten more thoughts on it or get sure exactly how to approach it.

In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.

Put your puppet on the throne." said Talathain. "You may make her Queen but she won’t be Queen for long.

But the heart has a mind of its own and it always gets what it wants, especially when it's dying.

According to legend. Telford is so dull that the by-pass was built before the town.