60 Quotes by James Levine

All you have to do is ask any child, frankly. You don't have to ask a child development researcher if fathers make a difference. All kids will tell you that the presence of a father makes a big difference.

And so, little by little, I gradually divested myself of pretty nearly all of the guest conducting I used to do, because I was at the same time working in the places like the Met, where I could work in this sort of depth.

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

At my age, you are naturally inclined towards teaching.

As major orchestras around the world are gripped in various kinds of crises and upheaval, we need to be sure that we are bringing up this new generation.

Art has never been a popularity contest.

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

My hunch is that probably men are doing more both outside the home and inside the home

It wasn't that I ever knew I'd be at the Met for 20 years, or 30 years, or 40 years, or anything like that