Quotes by Arturo Toscanini

• I kissed my first girl and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I haven't had time for tobacco since.
• When I was young, I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. Believe me, never since have I wasted any more time on tobacco.
• To some it is Napoleon, to some it is a philosophical struggle, to me it is allegro con brio.
• Can't you read? The score demands "con amore," and what are you doing? You are playing it like married men!
• God tells me how the music should sound, but you stand in the way.