Quotes by Arturo Toscanini

After I die I shall return to earth as the doorkeeper of a bordello and I won't let a one of you in.
– Arturo Toscanini
Assassins!
– Arturo Toscanini
God tells me how the music should sound, but you stand in the way.
– Arturo Toscanini
I kissed my first girl and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I haven't had time for tobacco since.
– Arturo Toscanini
To some it is Napoleon, to some it is a philosophical struggle, to me it is allegro con brio.
– Arturo Toscanini