Quick music sounds dull unless every note is articulated.

The art of conducting consists in knowing when to stop conducting to let the orchestra play.

Those who have achieved all their aims probably set them too low.

No music is vulgar, unless it is played in a way that makes it so.

He who reaches all his goals has probably not chosen them high enough.

If I tell the Berliners to step forward, they do it. If I tell the Viennese to step forward, they do it, but then they ask why.

You can reach maximum performance by engaging in physical activities.

God may forgive you if He chooses, but not I. Au revoir.

public self is a conditioned construct of the inner psychological self.

I was happy with the umpiring in India last year, New Zealand is OK these days, and the only real area of concern is Pakistan. They seem to have a chip on their shoulders about their cricket there.

Why be difficult, when with only a little bit of effort, you can be impossible?

I'm no mathematician, so I'm stuck with the graphic representations.

Are my words ever actually audible, or do they just echo in my head while people stare at me, waiting?

In Gypsy [Rose Lee] the musical, her mother, 'Mama Rose', is portrayed as a slightly eccentric, pushy, ambitious stage mother, but that version doesn't come close to the truth.

The unknown is always interesting.

It's not what you know or who you know, but who knows you.