Tradition Demands That We Not Speak Poorly

You Can't Expect Someone Born Into A Family With No Music...to Understand When I'm Conducting The Schönberg Variations.

Not Only Has The Eyes Taken Over, But We Have Anaesthetised The Ears Through All The Muzak That We Hear All The Time.

I Can't Stand Being In Chicago Anymore And Hearing The Brahms Violin Concerto In The Elevator. Because That Shows Me That When They Come To The Concert Hall They Listen To It In The Same Way.

To Have Real Knowledge, One Must Understand The Essence Of Things And Not Only Their Manifestations.

The Steinway Piano Is Such An Incomparable Instrument. Due To Its Virtues, I Am Able To Express All My Musical Feelings.