Conductor Quote by Andrea Bocelli

Lately, my mind is like an orchestra. If you don't have the conductor, you don't know what to do. One guy is playing jazz,…

— Goran Ivanisevic

I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.

— Kurt Masur

The better the orchestra, often the harder it is to conduct, not the other way around.

— Simon Rattle

On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it…

— Eberhard Weber

The conductor must make it possible to eliminate himself in the music. If the orchestra feels him doing that, then everything will go well.

— Giuseppe Sinopoli

I mean, the great secret is that an orchestra can actually play without a conductor at all. Of course, a great conductor will have…

— Joshua Bell

A conductor can do wild things which can feel forced, but if you're directing from within the orchestra, you can't do that, things have…

— Joshua Bell

You know, in some ways conducting is counter-intuitive. It's like winter driving in Finland - if you skid, the natural reaction is to fight…

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare…

— David Amram

A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.

— Anthony Hopkins

I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.

— Zubin Mehta

I think it's a very important collaboration between the conductor and the orchestra - especially when the conductor is one more member of the…

— Gustavo Dudamel