The fact is that great musical pieces take and hold the stage because they provide great emotional experiences.

Opera is everything rolled into one - music, theater, the dance, color and voices and theatrical illusions.

Tanglewood [summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra] was a place where gods strode the earth.

Once in a while, when everything is just right, there is a moment of magic. People can live on moments of magic.

The fact is that great musical pieces take and hold the stage because they provide great emotional experiences.

The secret of living is to find people who will pay you money to do what YOU would pay to do if you had the money.

Raving mad is quite easy. You just chew up the scenery or something. It's quiet mad that's hard.