With these big Wagner pieces, if I haven't started three years before, I'm screwed. You need time to look at the piece again and again and again, and then, like some fantastic casserole or spaghetti sauce, put it back in… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
I was a harpsichordist in my teens, and there was a bunch of us in Liverpool who got together every week to play Bach. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
Conductors make too much fuss about conductors! Humility and hard work are virtues. We're nothing without our musicians. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
I am old enough to remember the enormous fight over Tate Modern. It is such a part of our cultural landscape now, we forget… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
There are a few great orchestras in the world, thank goodness. Although some people do put them in ranking order, it's not like a… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
The grapevine in England is an extraordinary thing. When there is a really brilliant young composer or soloist, we all hear about it. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
One of the most extraordinary and all-encompassing forms of communication is music. It reaches places that all kinds of other things cannot reach. I'll… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
With these big Wagner pieces, if I haven't started three years before, I'm screwed. You need time to look at the piece again and… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
We have to be evangelists for music. We couldn't just be high priests of music. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
The necessity for rules and strictness is a way of dealing with an enormously powerful impulse: Germans are among the most emotional people on… — Simon Rattle 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 an orchestra… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
Sometimes, musicians worry too much about how beautifully they are playing. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
My only interest is in sharing great music with more and more people. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
