A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.

A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. We provide the music, and you provide the silence.

As a boy I remember how terribly real the statues of the saints would seem at 7 o'clock Mass-before I'd had breakfast. From that I learned always to conduct hungry.

On matters of intonation and technicalities I am more than a martinet - I am a martinetissimo.

In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them.

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.