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> [Nobody has Francis Bacon on their walls in their house - or very few people - but sometimes people listen to Beethoven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/nobody-has-francis-bacon-on-their-walls-in-their-house-or-very-few/)

[Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/)

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> [Beethoven was always too much. He's not slightly anything - he's very everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/beethoven-was-always-too-much-he-s-not-slightly-anything-he-s-very/)

[Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/)

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> [If anyone has conducted a Beethoven performance, and then doesn't have to go to an osteopath, then there's something wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/if-anyone-has-conducted-a-beethoven-performance-and-then-doesn-t-have/)

[Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/)

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## Other authors on Beethoven

## More by Simon Rattle

> [Every orchestra has its own sound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/every-orchestra-has-its-own-sound/)

[Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/)

> [Conductors make too much fuss about conductors! Humility and hard work are virtues. We're nothing without our musicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/conductors-make-too-much-fuss-about-conductors-humility-and-hard-work/)

[Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/)

> [Conductors start getting good when everybody else retires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/conductors-start-getting-good-when-everybody-else-retires/)

[Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/)

> [I love Mozart, but I often make a terrible hash of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/i-love-mozart-but-i-often-make-a-terrible-hash-of-it/)

[Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/)

> [I am old enough to remember the enormous fight over Tate Modern. It is such a part of our cultural landscape now, we forget…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/i-am-old-enough-to-remember-the-enormous-fight-over-tate-modern-it-is/)

[Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/)

> [There are a few great orchestras in the world, thank goodness. Although some people do put them in ranking order, it's not like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/there-are-a-few-great-orchestras-in-the-world-thank-goodness-although/)

[Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/)

> [The grapevine in England is an extraordinary thing. When there is a really brilliant young composer or soloist, we all hear about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/the-grapevine-in-england-is-an-extraordinary-thing-when-there-is-a/)

[Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/)

> [One of the most extraordinary and all-encompassing forms of communication is music. It reaches places that all kinds of other things cannot reach. I'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/one-of-the-most-extraordinary-and-all-encompassing-forms-of/)

[Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/)

> [With these big Wagner pieces, if I haven't started three years before, I'm screwed. You need time to look at the piece again and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/with-these-big-wagner-pieces-if-i-haven-t-started-three-years-before/)

[Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/)

> [We have to be evangelists for music. We couldn't just be high priests of music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/we-have-to-be-evangelists-for-music-we-couldn-t-just-be-high-priests/)

[Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/)

> [The necessity for rules and strictness is a way of dealing with an enormously powerful impulse: Germans are among the most emotional people on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/the-necessity-for-rules-and-strictness-is-a-way-of-dealing-with-an/)

[Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/)

> [The music lovers of London and the country deserve to have something where orchestras can flourish. You have no idea how wonderful an orchestra…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/the-music-lovers-of-london-and-the-country-deserve-to-have-something/)

[Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/)

> [Sometimes, musicians worry too much about how beautifully they are playing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/sometimes-musicians-worry-too-much-about-how-beautifully-they-are/)

[Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/)

> [My only interest is in sharing great music with more and more people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/my-only-interest-is-in-sharing-great-music-with-more-and-more-people/)

[Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/)

> [Passionate musicians only come from passionate five-year-olds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/passionate-musicians-only-come-from-passionate-five-year-olds/)

[Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/)

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