Arturo Toscanini Quotes

"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."
- Arturo Toscanini
(Related: Time, Day, First, Woman)

"To some it is Napoleon, to some it is a philosophical struggle, to me it is allegro con brio."
- Arturo Toscanini
(Related: Struggle)

"Can't you read? The score demands "con amore," and what are you doing? You are playing it like married men!"
- Arturo Toscanini

"God tells me how the music should sound, but you stand in the way."
- Arturo Toscanini
(Related: Music, God, Sound)