I had just left Yes and had done a concert at Crystal Palace, South London, with a choir and orchestra playing my… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
By the end of Pop's life I wanted to give something back and when I came on board as his musical director… — Frank Sinatra Jr Copy Share Image
It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can… — James Levine Copy Share Image
Get the most out of everything in your life; the happiness and the sadness, the success and the failure...get a good perspective… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
I said old Jesus probably would've puked if He could see it - all those fancy costumes and all. Sally said I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What appeals to me about an American music directorship is the involvement of the conductor with the orchestra and the community. I… — Jeffrey Tate Copy Share Image
Consciousness is somehow a by-product of the simultaneous, high frequency firing of neurons in different parts of the brain. It's the meshing… — Francis Crick Copy Share Image
The musician writes for the orchestra what his inner voice sings to him; the painter rarely relies without disadvantage solely upon the… — Hermann Ebbinghaus Copy Share Image
I would love to do much more singing; it's just one of those things where I can't quite describe what it feels… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
The music for 'The Departed' could have been played by an orchestra, but you make a decision about orchestration based on the… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
The singers all loathe the sight of one another, the chorus despises the singers, they both hate the orchestra, and everyone fears… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Most of the time, I'll be conducting the orchestra, but there will be some pieces that I'll be playing an instrument as… — Ramin Djawadi Copy Share Image
These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army or an orchestra, they function as a… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
The big turning point came when I played in the pit orchestra for a production of SWEENEY TODD and I spent most… — John Cariani Copy Share Image
I am still very proud of that concert. In America, the (musicians') connection with the conductor is as with management - it… — Neeme Jarvi Copy Share Image
In Hamburg, there are three major orchestras, an opera house, and one of the great concert-hall acoustics in Europe at the Laeiszhalle,… — Jeffrey Tate Copy Share Image
People who are qualified are symphonic orchestra players and jazz musicians; they're qualified to do what they do. Rock stars are lucky.… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
To not sing with an orchestra, to not be able to communicate through my voice, which I've done all my life, and… — Barbara Walters Copy Share Image
In order to lead the orchestra, you must first turn your back to the crowd. — Mike Mentzer Copy Share Image
There is no relationship between the gestures and what an orchestra will do. — James Levine Copy Share Image
It's so legato it's difficult to splice. Sibelius was famous for that. — Eugene Ormandy Copy Share Image
That's the way Stravinsky was. Bup, bup, bup, bup. The poor guy's dead now. Play it legato. — Eugene Ormandy Copy Share Image
Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where… — Mae West Copy Share Image
I can go in front of an orchestra. I can go in front of an audience. But if you see me walking… — Kurt Masur Copy Share Image
A conductor should reconcile himself to the realization that regardless of his approach or temperament the eventual result is the same-the orchestra… — Oscar Levant Copy Share Image
It was not so very long ago that people thought that semiconductors were part-time orchestra leaders and microchips were very small snack… — Geraldine Ferraro Copy Share Image
For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general. — Lara St. John Copy Share Image
I'm just not arbitrarily choosing to have five guitars play one type of thing. In that way there's a definite similarity between… — Glenn Branca Copy Share Image
There's sort of an open offer to work with a guy in Los Angeles who does big band and orchestra arrangements who… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
My grandparents on my mom's side played in a mandolin orchestra. So when I hear mandolins, I automatically think of them. — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
