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"A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays."
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"You pay a price when you have an objective sentencing system. That is, nothing is perfect."

"I did as well as I knew how and have nothing to be ashamed of."
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"There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasn't, thank God."

"I'm now doing three things: concerts, conducting, and teaching, and they each support each other. I learn to see things from different perspectives and listen with different ears. The most important thing that you need to do is really listen."

"This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in five or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development."

"For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop."

"For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them."

"You get more nervous in front of a lot of people. That's why, when you play a concerto, you play with a small orchestra, in some place where you don't feel that it is as important as Carnegie Hall."
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