I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher.

My success is not due to any personal superiority over other people.

The vocal cord will be eliminated by a process of evolution, as was the tail of man when he came from the ape.

I had found English audiences highly satisfactory. They are the best listeners in the world. Perhaps the music-lovers of some of our larger cities equal the English, but I do not believe they can be surpassed in that respect.

Dance as though no one is watching. Love as though you've never been hurt. Sing as though no one can hear you. Live as though heaven is on earth.

Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music.

Is it not the business of the conductor to convey to the public in its dramatic form the central idea of a composition; and how can he convey that idea successfully if he does not enter heart and soul into the life of the music and the tale it unfolds?