The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience.

One of the greatest sounds of them all-and to me it is a sound-is utter, complete silence.

We listen too much to the telephone and too little to nature. The wind is one of my sounds. A lonely sound, perhaps, but soothing.

Everybody should have his personal sounds to listen for - sounds that will make him exhilarated and alive or quiet and calm.

We listen too much to the telephone and we listen too little to nature. The wind is one of my sounds. A lonely sound, perhaps, but soothing. Everybody should have his personal sounds to listen for-sounds that will make him exhilarated and alive, or quiet and calm... As a matter of fact, one of the greatest sounds of them all-and to me it is a sound-is utter, complete silence.

The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience.