A conductor should guide rather than command.

You have to be able to enthral and persuade at the same time.

Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition.

You have to channel the interpretation and performance into 100 people. And with the audience, the critics.

A conductor should guide rather than command.

Soccer and sports are entertainment ... You can't call Beethoven's 9th Symphony or a work of Shakespeare `entertainment.' It's not `entertainment.' It's culture.

I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy.