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> [A good conductor ought to be a good chauffeur; the qualities that make the one also make the other. They are concentration, an incessant control of attention, and presence of mind; the conductor only has to add a little sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-rachmaninoff/a-good-conductor-ought-to-be-a-good-chauffeur-the-qualities-that-make/)

[Sergei Rachmaninoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-rachmaninoff/)

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## More by Sergei Rachmaninoff

> [Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-rachmaninoff/rhapsody-on-a-theme-of-paganini/)

[Sergei Rachmaninoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-rachmaninoff/)

> [The virtuosos look to the students of the world to do their share in the education of the great musical public. Do not waste…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-rachmaninoff/the-virtuosos-look-to-the-students-of-the-world-to-do-their-share-in/)

[Sergei Rachmaninoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-rachmaninoff/)

> [My dear hands. Farewell, my poor hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-rachmaninoff/my-dear-hands-farewell-my-poor-hands/)

[Sergei Rachmaninoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-rachmaninoff/)

> [What is Music? How do you define it? Music is a calm moonlit night, the rustle of leaves in Summer. Music is the far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-rachmaninoff/what-is-music-how-do-you-define-it-music-is-a-calm-moonlit-night-the/)

[Sergei Rachmaninoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-rachmaninoff/)

> [I feel like a ghost wandering in a world grown alien. I cannot cast out the old way of writing and I cannot acquire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-rachmaninoff/i-feel-like-a-ghost-wandering-in-a-world-grown-alien-i-cannot-cast/)

[Sergei Rachmaninoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-rachmaninoff/)

> [The most efficient way to memorise a piece is to use the one which proceeds in an error free manner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-rachmaninoff/the-most-efficient-way-to-memorise-a-piece-is-to-use-the-one-which/)

[Sergei Rachmaninoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-rachmaninoff/)

> [A good conductor ought to be a good chauffeur; the qualities that make the one also make the other. They are concentration, an incessant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-rachmaninoff/a-good-conductor-ought-to-be-a-good-chauffeur-the-qualities-that-make/)

[Sergei Rachmaninoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-rachmaninoff/)

> [I compose music because I must give expression to my feelings, just as I talk because I must give utterance to my thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-rachmaninoff/i-compose-music-because-i-must-give-expression-to-my-feelings-just-as/)

[Sergei Rachmaninoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-rachmaninoff/)

> [The new kind of music seems to create not from the heart but from the head. Its composers think rather than feel. They have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-rachmaninoff/the-new-kind-of-music-seems-to-create-not-from-the-heart-but-from-the/)

[Sergei Rachmaninoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-rachmaninoff/)

> [Opinion in all parts of the world would agree that Rachmaninoff is the most complete of living masters of the instrument; his technique is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-rachmaninoff/opinion-in-all-parts-of-the-world-would-agree-that-rachmaninoff-is/)

[Sergei Rachmaninoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-rachmaninoff/)

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