Beauty is less important than quality.
Eugene Ormandy
It's hot as hell as can be.
Death is an awful thing. I don't believe in it myself.
With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife.
It is not together, but the ensemble is perfect.
The notes are right, but if I listened they would be wrong.
Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?
It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.
Even when you are not playing you are holding me back.
I never say what I mean, but I always manage to say something similar.
There is a shadow on every page.
I wrote it the right way, so it was copied the wrong way right. I mean the right way wrong.
I'm one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. I'm just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play.
I told him he'd have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer.
I can conduct better than I count.
During the rests - pray.
Tonight I'm going to listen with my ears.
If you don't have it in your part, leave it out, because there is enough missing already.
It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible.
Let me explain what I do here. I don't want to confuse you any more than absolutely necessary.
I don't mean to make you nervous, but unfortunately I have to.
