Which Of My Jewish Roots Do I

When I Am With Composers, I Say I Am A Conductor. When I Am With Conductors, I Say I Am A Composer.

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.

Einstein Said That "the Most Beautiful Experience We Can Have Is The Mysterious." So Why Do So Many Of Us Try To Explain The Beauty Of Music, Thus Depriving It Of Its Mystery?

It Would Be Nice To Hear Someone Accidentally Whistle Something Of Mine, Somewhere, Just Once.

This Must Be The Mission Of Every Man Of Goodwill: To Insist, Unflaggingly, At Risk Of Becoming A Repetitive Bore, But To Insist On The Achievement Of A World In Which The Mind Will Have Triumphed Over Violence.