In My Youth, I Wanted

The Essence Of A General's Job Is To Assist In Developing A Clear Sense Of Purpose . To Keep The Junk From Getting In The Way Of Important Things.

The Conductor Is A Peculiar Person. He Turns His Back On His Friends In The Audience, Shakes A Stick At His Players In The Orchestra, And Then Wonders Why Nobody Loves Him.

That's Why I've Never Thought Of Retiring Because I Do It All The Time Whether On The Stage Or Off. I Found That In A Precarious Situation, A Smile Is The Shortest Distance Between People. When One Needs To Reach Out For Sympathy Or A Link With People, What Better Way Is There?

In My Dreams Of Heaven, I Always See The Great Masters Gathered In A Huge Hall In Which They All Reside. Only Mozart Has His Own Suite.

And Now, In Honour Of The 150th Anniversary Of Beethoven's Death, I Would Like To Play 'clear The Saloon', Er, 'clair De Lune', By Debussy. I Don't Play Beethoven So Well, But I Play Debussy Very Badly, And Beethoven Would Have Liked That.