A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much. — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
I recorded the song live in front of an orchestra, and yes, I was very moved, I was in tears. — Burt Bacharach Copy Share Image
Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
I equate composing with orchestrating. I think my music in terms of an orchestra. — Henry Mancini Copy Share Image
You can only learn orchestration if you have the possibility of using an orchestra. — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
Tactics, gameplan and players are all influential in how a team performs but the question is how to manage every individual in… — Glenn Murray Copy Share Image
With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard. — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers. — Leonard Slatkin Copy Share Image
A man must pay the fiddler. In my case it so happened that a whole symphony orchestra often had to be subsidized. — John Barrymore Copy Share Image
We do not realize the sound the world makes -- unless, of course, it comes to a stop. Then, when it starts,… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
There are some good people in it, but the orchestra as a whole is equivalent to a gang bent on destruction. — John Cage Copy Share Image
If you listen - and I don't, usually - to my first two records, I sound like a baby surrounded by a… — Melody Gardot Copy Share Image
“I wanted the music to be full, to surround us, to lift us like the swell, so I rented a bloody orchestra.… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
I conceived of an instrument that would create sound without using any mechanical energy, like the conductor of an orchestra. The orchestra… — Leon Theremin Copy Share Image
I was always very aware of drummers. My oldest brother Henry was a drummer, and he drummed on everything in the house… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
I feel opera is an expression of artistic excellence. To do it is expensive, as there's a requirement for an orchestra, good… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
The rhythm of music is very, very important for people with Parkinson's. But it's also very important with other sorts of patients,… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
Being a part of the crowd with incredible musicians onstage summoning the muse and delivering that to us - doesn't matter if… — Patrick Fabian Copy Share Image
It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me. And also it's to me the greatest instrument. I shouldn't say that, but… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
I used to play works in progress to people, but now I wait 'til it's finished, because you make excuses all the… — Chris Lowe Copy Share Image
The whole world is a theatre for the display of the divine goodness, wisdom, justice, and power, but the Church is the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I love the sound of snow... You can hear it even if you are only standing on a balcony. [The sound] is… — Claudio Abbado Copy Share Image
As you get older - for example, in our band we have members of our orchestra, like Carlos Enriquez and Ali Jackson… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
If the souls of lives were voiced in music, there are some that none but a great organ could express, others the… — Miles Franklin Copy Share Image
We are all musicians in a great human orchestra, and it is now time to play the Save the World Symphony. You… — Sandra Steingraber Copy Share Image
A wonderful, warm, positive individual who exhibits the values that are prerequisite to a significant faculty post in higher education, I think… — David Cerone Copy Share Image
“it’s not even people anymore, it’s one big thing you want to control and once you’ve had a taste of it, you’re… — Fannie Flagg Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of music. One comes from the strings of a guitar, the other from the strings of the heart.… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
I have often said to the orchestra, especially to the younger players, 'Do your best, and love what you are doing, because… — Herbert von Karajan Copy Share Image
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