The basic difference between classical music and jazz is that in the former the music is always graver than its performance - whereas the way jazz is performed is always more important than what is being played. — 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
