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.

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

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.

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.

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