Conductors make too much fuss about conductors! Humility and hard work are virtues. We're nothing without our musicians. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
One of the most extraordinary and all-encompassing forms of communication is music. It reaches places that all kinds of other things cannot… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
We have to be evangelists for music. We couldn't just be high priests of music. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
The music lovers of London and the country deserve to have something where orchestras can flourish. You have no idea how wonderful… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
Sometimes, musicians worry too much about how beautifully they are playing. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
My only interest is in sharing great music with more and more people. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
The jazz records come out a lot. You find that with many musicians - we don't listen to our own music for… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
We need to bring music to the people, even to those who normally do not listen to classical music. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
In my mid-twenties, I was with a conducting career, but I had never been to university and I wanted to. There were… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
In England, unless I am mistaken, I think some of the politicians who love classical music and opera are a bit loath… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
Some of my favorite music in the world is Haydn. I had a sabbatical one year and made myself one promise: to… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
If you think the music business is the be-all and end-all of life, you're in big trouble. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
I've always loved French music. My parents adored it; my father played it on the piano. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
Culture and, within culture, music are the best and most fascinating thing that the German capital has to offer internationally. It is… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
If anyone has conducted a Beethoven performance, and then doesn't have to go to an osteopath, then there's something wrong. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
I think we will find more and more ways in which technology invades our artistic spaces, so music is something you will… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
I've always had a profound conviction that great music is about joy, even in the face of tragedy. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
Conductors make too much fuss about conductors! Humility and hard work are virtues. We're nothing without our musicians. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
I am old enough to remember the enormous fight over Tate Modern. It is such a part of our cultural landscape now, we forget… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
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… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
The grapevine in England is an extraordinary thing. When there is a really brilliant young composer or soloist, we all hear about it. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
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… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
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… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
We have to be evangelists for music. We couldn't just be high priests of music. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
The necessity for rules and strictness is a way of dealing with an enormously powerful impulse: Germans are among the most emotional people on… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
The music lovers of London and the country deserve to have something where orchestras can flourish. You have no idea how wonderful an orchestra… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
