A conductor should reconcile himself to the realization that regardless of his approach or temperament the eventual result is the same-the orchestra will hate him.

An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.

I don't drink. I don't like it. It makes me feel good.

What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.

George, if you had to do it all over, would you fall in love with yourself again?

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

It's not what you are, it's what you don't become that hurts.