Orchestra Quotes

It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.

— Dave Brubeck

I got to compose for a full symphony orchestra.

— Jack Conte

An orchestra full of stars can be a disaster.

— Kurt Masur

He was listening so I don't remember.

— Eugene Ormandy

That's the way it was every time I studied it.

— Eugene Ormandy

Start at B. Yes. No. Yes. No.

— Eugene Ormandy

Write it down in your own handwriting.

— Eugene Ormandy

Long note? Yes. Make it seem short.

— Eugene Ormandy

Eventually we want to do a puppet musical with turntables in the orchestra pit.

— Anonymous

In order to lead the orchestra, you must first turn your back to the crowd.

— Mike Mentzer

I don't mind conducting the orchestra if I can play the violin.

— Edwin Land

“The sound of your heart is a tiny orchestra playing just for me.”

— Tyler Knott

Let's start at 35 because I don't know where it is.

— Eugene Ormandy

“The guitar is a miniature orchestra in itself.”

— Anonymous

When working with an orchestra, you never spend more than 20 minutes per recording session.

— Placido Domingo

The sound of the orchestra is one of the most magnificent musical sounds that has ever existed.

— Chick Corea

Toting around a full orchestra on tour is very ambitious. I would consider doing a show now and then, like do a…

— Vanessa Carlton

I don't think about, "How does this song that has more of an electronic mix prefix to a song that has a…

— Regina Spektor

Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where…

— Mae West

I can go in front of an orchestra. I can go in front of an audience. But if you see me walking…

— Kurt Masur

I've worked with some great orchestras and amazing classical musicians, but I don't like the conceptualization of classical music as an elitist…

— Serj Tankian

Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number…

— Gustav Mahler

Next year I'm going to be a guesting soloist with orchestras all over Europe, to start off with.

— Keith Emerson

I really love performing with an orchestra and am very excited to do so with the Kalamazoo Symphony.

— Olivia Newton-John

For me the whole world is like a gigantic theater in which I am the only spectator without opera glasses. The orchestra…

— Isaac Babel

In western classical music with an orchestra, you focus the orchestra on melodies and harmony. In African music, the biggest focus is…

— Ludwig Goransson

I conceived of an instrument that would create sound without using any mechanical energy, like the conductor of an orchestra. The orchestra…

— Leon Theremin

I was always very aware of drummers. My oldest brother Henry was a drummer, and he drummed on everything in the house…

— Dave Brubeck

Deep inside I feel that this world we live in is really a big, huge, monumental symphonic orchestra. I believe that in…

— Michael Jackson

I feel opera is an expression of artistic excellence. To do it is expensive, as there's a requirement for an orchestra, good…

— Michael Portillo

The rhythm of music is very, very important for people with Parkinson's. But it's also very important with other sorts of patients,…

— Oliver Sacks

I think it's a very important collaboration between the conductor and the orchestra - especially when the conductor is one more member…

— Gustavo Dudamel

I think my first impression (of Bix Beiderbecke) was the lasting one. I remember very clearly thinking, 'Where, what planet, did this…

— Benny Goodman

Today's parents have little authority over those others with whom they share the task of raising their children. On the contrary,most parents…

— Kenneth Keniston

I basically love classical music. I love a lot of musicians playing together and the whole culture of that whether it's Indian…

— A. R. Rahman

The brain is more than an assemblage of autonomous modules, each crucial for a specific mental function. Every one of these functionally…

— Oliver Sacks

People have their own interests and they want to play a certain kind of music. People want to play in orchestras. They…

— Henry Threadgill

“Jess Pepper's review of the Avalon Strings: 'In a land so very civilized and modern as ours, it is unpopular to suggest…

— Bailey Bristol

I listen to the summer symphony outside my window. Truthfully, it's not a symphony at all. There's no tune, no melody, only…

— Jerry Spinelli

I love the sound of snow... You can hear it even if you are only standing on a balcony. [The sound] is…

— Claudio Abbado