Quotes By James Levine

There is no relationship between the gestures and what an orchestra will do.

So, the total number of hours spent on the stuff you have to do to take care of a family, working and caring for stuff at home, the total number of hours is actually about the same for mothers and fathers.

I thought I'd write one book and the world would change overnight.

Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out.

We do not seem to be finding tomorrow's Toscas.

Everybody blames the culture without taking responsibility.

Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it.

Employee fathers need to step up to the plate and put their family needs on the table.