I started conducting lessons and I realized that this is actually something I like doing. — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
I just wish, maybe, that I'd started conducting earlier. I was about 40 when I started. Apart from that I don't really… — Neville Marriner Copy Share Image
I did the one concert, and I was not bitten by the conducting bug, and I thought I was done, but then… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
When I started, I'd never had a conducting lesson in my life; I could just do it. — Richard Bonynge Copy Share Image