"Death is an awful thing. I don't believe in it myself."

"Beauty is less important than quality."

"Let me explain what I do here. I don't want to confuse you any more than absolutely necessary."

"The notes are right, but if I listened they would be wrong."

"I told him he'd have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer."

"With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife."

"There is a shadow on every page."

"I wrote it the right way, so it was copied the wrong way right. I mean the right way wrong."

"Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?"

"It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is."

"I'm one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. I'm just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play."

"It's hot as hell as can be."

"It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible."