I shall never be converted, and I shall remain true to my old religion of the classics until my life's end.

Its a funny thing Alice, dying is just the way I composed it in Tod und Verklärung.

Ideas, like young wine, should be put in storage and taken up again only after they have been allowed to ferment and to ripen.

I shall never be converted, and I shall remain true to my old religion of the classics until my life's end.

Never look at the trombones, you'll just encourage them.

On conducting: If you can just barely hear the French horns on stage, the balance is perfect.

The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but the most difficult to play.