Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out.

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.

Art has never been a popularity contest.

It wasn't that I ever knew I'd be at the Met for 20 years, or 30 years, or 40 years, or anything like that

Second, if you're the boss, just because they don't ask doesn't mean your employees don't have needs.

Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it.

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