I Have A Big Problem With Conductors

Fate Is A Misplaced Retreat. Many People Rationalize An Unexplained Event As Fate And Shrug Their Shoulders When It Occurs. But That Is Not What Fate Is. The World Operates As A Series Of Circles That Are Invisible, For They Extend To The Upper Air. Fate Is Where These Circles Cut To Earth. Since We Cannot See Them, Do Not Know Their Content, And Have No Sense Of Their Width, It Is Impossible To Predict When These Cuts Will Slice Into Our Reality. When This Happens, We Call It Fate. Fate Is Not A Chance Event But One That Is Inevitable, We Are Simply Blind To Its Nature And Time.

Art Has Never Been A Popularity Contest.

I Can Imagine Wanting To Work With This Ensemble And This Company Always.

It Wasn't That I Ever Knew I'd Be At The Met For 20 Years, Or 30 Years, Or 40 Years, Or Anything Like That

At My Age, You Are Naturally Inclined Towards Teaching.