I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as… — Giuseppe Verdi Copy Share Image
I was afraid to board a streetcar because of the conductor; I was afraid to enter the Kabuki Theater for fear of… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra… — Eberhard Weber Copy Share Image
“When you are waiting for a train, don't keep perpetually looking to see if it is coming. The time of its arrival… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I admire Tom Ades: he's a brilliant conductor, and he gets just the right hard, brilliant sound from the City of Birmingham… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
Monet was like a conductor. He painted with quite a straight arm and used bold strokes. — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I knew that I'd lived in New York too long when, a few years ago, I was on a subway going downtown,… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
Sympathy wanting, all is wanting; its personal magnetism is the conductor of the sacred spark that lights our atoms, puts us m… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
I'm a conductor of revivals. The only minister in the whole package. Little Richard, the evangelist. — Little Richard Copy Share Image
Direction is the most invisible part of the theatrical art. It's not like the conductor in the symphony orchestra performance because he's… — Terry Teachout Copy Share Image
The symphony orchestra had played poorly, so the conductor was in a bad mood. That night he beat his wife--because the music… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
If you ever go to a music session, you'll notice that the musicians can sit down and start playing right away, and… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
As the bus slowed down at the crowded bus stop, the Pakistani bus conductor leaned from the platform and called out, "Six… — Edwin Francis Gay Copy Share Image
We should think of the church as an orchestra in which the different churches play on different instruments while a Divine Conductor… — William Ralph Inge Copy Share Image
I think it's a very important collaboration between the conductor and the orchestra - especially when the conductor is one more member… — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
In truth, I became a conductor because deep down I wanted to conduct Brahmss four symphonies and Richard Strausss tone poems. — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
A great conductor possesses that certain charisma and talent that demand the ears and the attention of an audience. I can't tell… — Isaac Stern Copy Share Image
It is not a lack of spiritual experience that leads to failure, but a lack of working to keep our eyes focused… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo. Shovel them under and let me work-- I am the grass; I cover all.… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
If a train doesn’t stop at your station, it’s simply because it’s not your train. Don’t try to flag down the conductor… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
If you want to please the critics, don't play too loud, too soft, too fast, too slow. — Arturo Toscanini Copy Share Image
