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"Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled."
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"I'm trying to get hold of them... the trouble is a lot of the companies that recorded and produced the albums went bust, so I don't know where to get the masters."

"That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg."

"Nobody can be exactly me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it."

"Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it."

"I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble."

"The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock."

"I have no trouble with the twelve inches between my elbow and my palm. It's the seven inches between my ears that's bent."
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"One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening."

"There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasn't, thank God."

"In Paris they have special wheelchairs that go through every doorway. They don't change the doorways, they change the wheelchairs. To hell with the people! If someone weighs a couple more pounds, that's it!"

"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."

"I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just beating time."

"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."
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