When you're working with music that is invariably better than you are, it's difficult to become swell-headed. — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
I've had the healthy and sobering experience of constantly working with music that is invariably better than any performance of it can be. — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
When you're working with music that is invariably better than you are, it's difficult to become swell-headed. — Andre Previn Copy Share
People who don't do jazz think it's black magic. But really, it's just a matter of getting used to it. It's fun to gamble.… — Andre Previn Copy Share
When I composed, I heard my music played by the orchestra within days of completion of the score. No master at a conservatory, no… — Andre Previn Copy Share
I remain extraordinarily proud of the Vaughan Williams symphonies I recorded with the LSO, and in the 1980s and '90s, I made an almost… — Andre Previn Copy Share
I have a great many shortcomings, but writing for something on time has never bothered me. — Andre Previn Copy Share
Music critics have made it quite clear that any composer who ever contributed a four-bar jingle to a film was to be referred to… — Andre Previn Copy Share
At MGM, you knew you were going to be working next year; you knew you were going to get paid. But I was too… — Andre Previn Copy Share
I stuck around in Hollywood for too long. I was there a long time, and when I left, I was smart enough to realise… — Andre Previn Copy Share
The thing is that I'm naturally curious about a lot of different disciplines in music, and I enjoy doing them. And as long as… — Andre Previn Copy Share
It's been thrown up to me most of my life: Why don't I just concentrate on conducting or composing or my own playing or… — Andre Previn Copy Share
