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

Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if it is achieved by people who love to collaborate.

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.

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

That's what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing of notes as abstractions.

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

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