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.

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

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

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

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

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.