I can conduct better than I count..

During the rests - pray..

Don't ever follow me, because I am difficult..

I wrote it the right way, so it was copied the wrong way right. I mean the right way wrong..

Who is sitting in that empty chair?.

Please follow me because I have to follow him and he isn't here..

Beauty is less important than quality..

I am thinking it right but beating it wrong..

It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible..

Even when you are not playing you are holding me back..

There was confusion since I stood here 35 years ago..

Let's start at 35 because I don't know where it is..

Let me explain what I do here. I don't want to confuse you any more than absolutely necessary..

I can see none of you are smugglers; that's why it's so loud..

That's the way Stravinsky was. Bup, bup, bup, bup. The poor guy's dead now. Play it legato..

Accelerando means in tempo. Don't rush..

Write it down in your own handwriting..

At every concert I've sensed a certain insecurity about the tempo. It's clearly marked 80...uh, 69..

It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is..

We can't hear the balance yet because the soloist is still on the airplane..

I never say what I mean, but I always manage to say something similar..