I told him he'd have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer.

At every concert I've sensed a certain insecurity about the tempo. It's clearly marked 80...uh, 69.

Serkin was so sick he almost died for three days.

Did you play? It sounded very good.

I can conduct better than I count.

I'm conducting slowly because I don't know the tempo.

Don't think you are looking at me because you are not.