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I can't stand going out to one more dinner with some Mrs. So-and-So who might leave a million dollars to the Chicago… — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
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I always felt that I would become somebody outstanding, whether it was in singing, instrumental playing, orchestra conducting, or anything involving feeling. — Rudy Vallee Copy Share Image
I want to take the great tradition of the orchestra within me, to take what the orchestra offers. — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
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I sang 'O Holy Night' with the Vatican orchestra, but also a Blake - a lullaby that William Blake wrote for the… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I just initiated the project where I write music for somebody else to write the lyrics and also for the orchestra to… — Nobuo Uematsu Copy Share Image
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Every culture from the Egyptians to the Mayans to the American Indians to the Bedouins created bestiaries that enabled them to express… — Gregory Colbert Copy Share Image
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You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character. — Kurt Masur Copy Share Image
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Essentially, the [New York] Philharmonic is just like any other orchestra-they all have the spirit of kids, and if you scratch away… — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
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Shared leadership... is less like a an orchestra, where the conductor is always in charge, and more like a jazz band, where… — Phillip C. Schlechty Copy Share Image
I am going to be contradictory to myself many times for the simple reason that I am trying to bring all the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Orchestration is part of the very soul of the work. A work is thought out in terms of the orchestra, certain tone-colors… — Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Copy Share Image
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Ourchestra: So you haven't got a drum, just beat your belly. So I haven't got a horn-I'll play my nose. So we… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
And we would play together, like fine musicians should, And it would sound like music, and the music would sound good. But… — Harry Chapin Copy Share Image
I just remember standing there, singing with the headphones on and the strings playing, just how wonderful that felt. But we so… — Ricky Skaggs Copy Share Image
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![“The easiest thing I do is assignment songs. They tell me what they need me to write. I can do that fairly quickly. Writing for an orchestra is difficult. Writing songs [on your own] is most difficult of all. Though [writing for] the orchestra is close.” quote by Randy Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/86a/randy-newman-8029_assignments_the-easiest-thing-i-do-is-assignment-son_1665492.jpg)
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