The art of conducting consists in knowing when to stop conducting to let the orchestra play..

The United Nations has a critical role to play in promoting stability, security, democracy, human rights, and economic development. The UN is as rele….

You can keep your mind open and use your imagination and be creative even when you're older. For kids, I definitely think keeping your mind open and ….

There are very few films or plays or anything about really happy people with perfect lives..

You can't effect the cards that you are dealt, but you can determine how you play them..

God is good all the time. Every time..

People think that I play effortlessly. I remember doing a record date with Bill Evans and afterwards he said to me, you make it sound so easy but whe….

If you dont tour, you cannot expect to sell a huge numbers of your albums either. It was both a business - and an economical decision and we wanted t….

I actually think I play better now than Ive ever played..

If you really pay attention to the movie, it comes into play, in many different sections..

When I did play, I tried to make the most of it..

Why would I get a wild card into an American tournament, (as the) top-ranked American? Why would that happen? That makes too much sense. Maybe I shou….

I got to play in a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be the guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities not a lot of people get..

Live with a purpose, play with a purpose..

When I play from my mind I get in trouble..

I wouldn't go back and change anything..

Play the last measure very softly..

I am as omnivorous as it's possible to be. I always say there's nothing I won't eat and nothing I won't wear..

No, actually I wanted to play five. I definitely wanted to try to lose that fourth set and test the waters in the fifth..

I would love to play Lee in 'True West' and Bobby in 'Company..

Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same..