I don't get into politics, general or musical, but just call me if you get jury duty. Even in New Jersey I was able to help somebody.

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.

Like I don't have anything better to do than think about you every minute you're gone?" "Every minute?" He smiled a little.

I ain't going to let nobody steal my dream.

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.

Every year, I'm depressed that so few of the documentaries I've loved break through.

Men must go out of their minds.

In some ways, Trump is just going to continue the trend: by continuing the norm-smashing behaviour that Republicans used in opposition.

A song is like a picture of a bird in flight; the bird was moving before the picture was taken, and no doubt continued after.

Watch,witness,observe your thoughts-without any judgement,without any condemnation or evaluation.

Liberalism is never gonna be that tiny or small.

To move foward, you have to leave the past behind