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> [I started conducting lessons and I realized that this is actually something I like doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/i-started-conducting-lessons-and-i-realized-that-this-is-actually/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

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> [Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-mcferrin/well-i-started-conducting-kind-of-by-accident-i-wanted-to-give-myself/)

[Bobby McFerrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-mcferrin/)

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> [I just wish, maybe, that I'd started conducting earlier. I was about 40 when I started. Apart from that I don't really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neville-marriner/i-just-wish-maybe-that-i-d-started-conducting-earlier-i-was-about-40/)

[Neville Marriner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neville-marriner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75d/neville-marriner-25319_conducting_i-just-wish-maybe-that-i-d-started-condu_635299.png)

> [I did the one concert, and I was not bitten by the conducting bug, and I thought I was done, but then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-mcferrin/i-did-the-one-concert-and-i-was-not-bitten-by-the-conducting-bug-and/)

[Bobby McFerrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-mcferrin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c9/bobby-mcferrin-12039_bugs_i-did-the-one-concert-and-i-was-not-bitt_1186892.png)

> [When I started, I'd never had a conducting lesson in my life; I could just do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bonynge/when-i-started-i-d-never-had-a-conducting-lesson-in-my-life-i-could/)

[Richard Bonynge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bonynge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a92/richard-bonynge-32803_conducting_when-i-started-i-d-never-had-a-conductin_2501310.jpg)

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