Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance.

Conductors make too much fuss about conductors! Humility and hard work are virtues. We're nothing without our musicians.

— Simon Rattle

Conductors start getting good when everybody else retires.

— Simon Rattle

Carbon nanotubes are amazing because they're really good electrical conductors, yet they are only a few atoms in diameter. You can make transistors out…

— Paul McEuen

Conductors are performers.

— Michael Tilson Thomas

Do you know why conductors live so long? Because we perspire so much.

— John Barbirolli

Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors.

— Leonard Bernstein

“The great leaders are like hte best conductors; they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.”

— Blaine Lee

I played with the best conductors of the world.

— Mstislav Rostropovich

I enjoyed harassing tram conductors.

— Jeetendra

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players..

— Anonymous

“All great conductors are different. The mediocre ones are more or less the same.”

— John Mauceri

Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success.

— Kurt Masur

I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.

— Zubin Mehta

Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces, anyway.

— Alan J. Pakula

They gave me four weeks, and I asked if the first week could be just music with the two main conductors. So, the conductors…

— Rue McClanahan