No technology comes close to the effect of a live symphony orchestra. — John de Lancie Copy Share Image
The only reason they're out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit. — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
For an instant God opens his door and His orchestra plays the Fifth Symphony, — Jean Sibelius Copy Share Image
Show me an orchestra that likes its conductor and I'll show you a lousy conductor. — Goddard Lieberson Copy Share Image
I'd always loved strings. When I was in high school and saw strings playing on stage, an orchestra or a symphony, all… — Isaac Hayes Copy Share Image
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on… — Thomas Beecham Copy Share Image
I wanted to do 'Manzanar' because I'd never done anything like it before. The spoken word there is between a drama and… — John Cho Copy Share Image
I miss singing with an orchestra because that's the most uplifting thing that I ever knew. It is just such a fabulous… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
An orchestra knows during the first two minutes of the first rehearsal whether or not they are going to enjoy the person… — Leonard Slatkin Copy Share Image
Every time that I hear the orchestra tuning up, I get chills all over my body. You know, catharsis after catharsis. It's… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I was playing in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra as principal horn. I was there for some 15 years - one of the… — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
The most immediately gratifying thing about my work is conducting a large orchestra. But the long range payoff is composing because you've… — Henry Mancini Copy Share Image
The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body. Always an orchestra, and just… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
I sometimes feel it is to my disadvantage that I have not conducted the Cleveland Orchestra or the Boston or Chicago symphonies,… — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
Even if I was playing the keyboard in an orchestra, or a radio jockey playing music at an FM station, I would… — D. Imman Copy Share Image
Every philharmonic orchestra merely interprets the composer. My goal was to create new music by that composer. In doing so, I wanted… — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
My relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra brought me many times to London and I will always reflect positively on that early period… — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
A musical audience is at best uninspiring, at worst definitely drab. ... Respectability hangs like a pall over the orchestra and the… — Marya Mannes Copy Share Image
...Ori Kam is an outstanding violist who has already played as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra twice, much to our… — Zubin Mehta 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
My ex-wife was trying to be nice once, so she took me to a concert in Los Angeles. I went with her… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I had been composing just for myself, and people would say I played so orchestrally, and wondered if I thought about having… — Terry Bozzio 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
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
“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
The will and self are ultimately dynamic, they are their actions. This energy can be trained and directed, tuned like an orchestra.… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
I trust microphones, speakers and recordings less and less, and no longer buy into the idea that I can recreate at home,… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
I always maintain that playing in an orchestra intelligently is the best school for democracy. If you play a solo, the conductor… — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
