She was devoted to her career. Her heart lay with her position at the U.

There just isn't any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying.

She was a very devout teacher. There was a fanaticism about her in terms of the quality of a performance she sought from her students, and about how they thought about the music they played.

The clock didn't exist for my mother. She wanted her students to attain a higher level immediately, before she let them go.

This is a continuation of what I started two years ago with 'Don Giovanni.' I want to continue this tradition of bringing highlights of great operas on the series.

We who are about to die, are going to take one hell of a lot of the bastards with us.