It is the artists of the world, the feelers and the thinkers who will ultimately save us; who can articulate, educate, defy, insist, sing and shout the big dreams.

The most difficult instrument to play in the orchestra is second fiddle.

I believe that man's noblest endowment is his capacity to change.

Any asshole can write a tone-row. It takes a composer to write a tune.

From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure returns. I resolve to stop complaining.

Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors.

It is the artists of the world, the feelers and the thinkers who will ultimately save us; who can articulate, educate, defy, insist, sing and shout the big dreams.