Imagine Martin Luther King saying, 'I have a dream ... But I don't know if the others will buy it.'

The major difference between the 'best' and the 'average' is that the 'best' get as much pleasure from practice as performance.

Life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable amount of good, but because that is the story we tell.

Who am I being that my players' eyes are not shining?

I'm so sorry for you; your lives have been so easy. You can't play great music unless your heart's been broken.

I have a definition of success.

The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.