I don't drink liquor. I don't like it. It makes me feel good.

He uses his music as an accompaniment to his conducting.

I can remember Doris Day before she was a virgin.

Schizophrenia beats dining alone.

It's not what your are, it's what you don't become that hurts.

How long have you been working for that virtuoso of the magic violin? I don't mean that as a compliment. I only say a magic violin because when he plays it, everyone disappears.

Tell me, Mrs. Wright, does your husband interfere with your marriage?

It's not what you are, it's what you don't become that hurts.

There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.

A politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to it.

I am no more humble than my talents require.

A conductor should reconcile himself to the realization that regardless of his approach or temperament the eventual result is the same-the orchestra will hate him.

Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.

I'm a controversial figure: my friends either dislike me or hate me.

I don't like to play the piano. It makes me too attractive.

You know the only reason I'm appearing here is there's no more beds in the mental institution.

Strip the phony tinsel off Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath.

In some situations I was difficult, in odd moments impossible, in rare moments loathsome, but at my best unapproachably great.

I could never have a mistress, because I couldn't bear to tell the story of my life all over again.

Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.