The Joy Of Music Should

Stillness Is Our Most Intense Mode Of Action. It Is In Our Moments Of Deep Quiet That Is Born Every Idea, Emotion, And Drive Which We Eventually Honor With The Name Of Action. We Reach Highest In Meditation, And Farthest In Prayer. In Stillness Every Human Being Is Great.

Children Must Receive Music Instruction As Naturally As Food, With As Much Pleasure As They Derive From A Ball Game, And This Must Happen From The Beginning Of Their Lives.

Perhaps The Chief Requirement Of [the Conductor] Is That He Be Humble Before The Composer; That He Never Interpose Himself Between The Music And The Audience; That All His Efforts, However Strenuous Or Glamorous, Be Made In The Service Of The Composer's Meaning - The Music Itself, Which, After All, Is The Whole Reason For The Conductor's Existence.

I've Been All Over The World And I've Never Seen A Statue Of A Critic.

To Be A Success As A Broadway Composer, You Must Be Jewish Or Gay. I'm Both.