You can't play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to…

What a gift it would be if every child in the country could hear a professional orchestra at least once.

— Lenny Henry

In life's orchestra, the bike is the double bass. Hard to forget it

— Paul Fournel

Every orchestra has its own sound.

— Simon Rattle

As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good…

— Howard Keel

There is something about the live performance of an orchestra that makes it very different to a film. With a film, you can rewrite…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

An Israeli who thinks that his government is doing everything right wouldn't join the Divan Orchestra in the first place.

— Daniel Barenboim

Being at the show, watching people do what they do so well, hearing a full orchestra, and hearing beautiful music? There's nothing better.

— Colin Donnell

Congratulations to each and every one of you for the concert last night in New York and vice versa.

— Eugene Ormandy

I want to take the great tradition of the orchestra within me, to take what the orchestra offers.

— Andris Nelsons

I feel choir just has a great sense of power when used with an orchestra, or even by itself.

— Ramin Djawadi

I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just…

— Itzhak Perlman

It's funny, but to me, when you go to a concert hall and hear electronic pieces from the '60s, I think they sound really…

— Jonny Greenwood

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

— Keith Emerson

My ex-wife was trying to be nice once, so she took me to a concert in Los Angeles. I went with her to Symphony…

— B. B. King

I cannot give it to you, so try to watch me.

— Eugene Ormandy