When I can't sleep, I read a book by Steve Allen.
I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.
Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath.
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.
It's not what you are, it's what you don't become that hurts.
An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.