First you go out and buy a stickÑit's called a batonÑabout this long. Then you get some music, you get musicians together, you give them this music, you stand in front of them with the stick in your right hand, you go like this, and a mysterious thing happens: the musicians begin to play. Now, once the musicians are playing there are only two things you must remember, but they are very important: you must not disturb the musicians while they are playing, and second, when the musicians have stopped playing, you must stop conducting.
Ñ Sigmund Romberg
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