Working mothers do an hour more per day than working fathers do and working mothers do on average an hour more per day with the kids than working fathers do.

There is no relationship between the gestures and what an orchestra will do.

A lot of people get impatient with the pace of change.

So, the total number of hours spent on the stuff you have to do to take care of a family, working and caring for stuff at home, the total number of hours is actually about the same for mothers and fathers.

And so, little by little, I gradually divested myself of pretty nearly all of the guest conducting I used to do, because I was at the same time working in the places like the Met, where I could work in this sort of depth.

But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.

Art has never been a popularity contest.