A Beethoven symphony should be rehearsed like chamber music, only for a lot more people. — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
I found that jazz musicians, possibly more than their classical counterparts, wear long-standing friendships easily and gracefully. — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
Elliott Carter does not write the kind of music that the kids go off to school whistling. — 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 Image
I've had the healthy and sobering experience of constantly working with music that is invariably better than any performance of it can… — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
I finally wasn't interested in writing music that played while actors talked. — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
When I composed, I heard my music played by the orchestra within days of completion of the score. No master at a… — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
Music critics have made it quite clear that any composer who ever contributed a four-bar jingle to a film was to be… — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
The thing is that I'm naturally curious about a lot of different disciplines in music, and I enjoy doing them. And as… — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
There's a small group of music critics in the States who will forgive you anything - jazz, a long prison term, or… — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
The basic difference between classical music and jazz is that in the former the music is always graver than its performance -… — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
There are a million things in music I know nothing about. I just want to narrow down that figure. — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
I don't ever consciously change gears when I play jazz or classical. It's all music. — 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 Image
I admire Elliott Carter endlessly. But I have no ambitions to emulate him. — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I used to set myself little challenges to make the work more interesting. — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
I have a great many shortcomings, but writing for something on time has never bothered me. — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
