Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance.
Beethoven suppressed everything, his personal life disappeared until he was locked inside. That is a figure quite extreme.
I think we're all pretty odd.
I remain a humanist. We are a very curious race.
The Greek sculptor - I don't think he was very different from any of us.
Music is a performing art, as any Native American will tell you. It isn't there in the score.