A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much. — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
I wrote it the right way, so it was copied the wrong way right. I mean the right way wrong. — Eugene Ormandy Copy Share Image
Let me explain what I do here. I don't want to confuse you any more than absolutely necessary. — Eugene Ormandy Copy Share Image
“A dean is the conductor of an orchestra made up entirely of composers.” — Mark William Roche Copy Share Image
Bizet was a very young man when he composed this symphony, so play it softly. — Eugene Ormandy Copy Share Image
You can only learn orchestration if you have the possibility of using an orchestra. — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude. — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful. — Benjamin Zander Copy Share Image
Tactics, gameplan and players are all influential in how a team performs but the question is how to manage every individual in… — Glenn Murray Copy Share Image
A conductor should reconcile himself to the realization that regardless of his approach or temperament the eventual result is the same-the orchestra… — Oscar Levant Copy Share Image
With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard. — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers. — Leonard Slatkin Copy Share Image
A man must pay the fiddler. In my case it so happened that a whole symphony orchestra often had to be subsidized. — John Barrymore Copy Share Image
My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
On Mars, where the air is spare - a hundred times less dense than on Earth - someone could hear you scream.… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
I heard Joby Talbot's Hovercraft piece for orchestra and felt its immediate physical impact - visceral, unsettling, hungry and direct. These short… — Wayne McGregor Copy Share Image
The Gods have meant That I should dance And in some mystic hour I shall move to unheard rhythms Of the cosmic… — Ruth St. Denis Copy Share Image
Bacharach has such a brilliant ear for melody and his music has a completely timeless feel to it; I thought it would… — Michael Ball Copy Share Image
From early on, when synthesizers were first introduced into music, I liked the idea that you could get a big sound with… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
I studied trumpet for almost 15 years and was performing with a professional concert marching band in parades and rodeos. I was… — R. Carlos Nakai Copy Share Image
I, uh...I have a television, so I'm going to spend some time here to tell you some things. [To orchestra conductor:] And,… — Julia Roberts Copy Share Image
You know, we were outdoorsy types, my folks, and one of the first tapes I got, a friend gave me a cassette… — KT Tunstall Copy Share Image
I have often said to the orchestra, especially to the younger players, 'Do your best, and love what you are doing, because… — Herbert von Karajan Copy Share Image
“it’s not even people anymore, it’s one big thing you want to control and once you’ve had a taste of it, you’re… — Fannie Flagg Copy Share Image
The will and self are ultimately dynamic, they are their actions. This energy can be trained and directed, tuned like an orchestra.… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of music. One comes from the strings of a guitar, the other from the strings of the heart.… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
What makes games so exciting is that's a whole other- there's all sorts of other considerations on what music is supposed to… — Mark Mothersbaugh Copy Share Image
Fact is that I played piano and performed, as a young kid, a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra .… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I trust microphones, speakers and recordings less and less, and no longer buy into the idea that I can recreate at home,… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
I always maintain that playing in an orchestra intelligently is the best school for democracy. If you play a solo, the conductor… — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
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