All James Levine Quotes
- A lot of people get impatient with the pace of change. Change
- Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it. Look
- There is no relationship between the gestures and what an orchestra will do. Gestures
- I can imagine wanting to work with this ensemble and this company always. Company
- I think this orchestra's strengths involve drama and voice. Drama
- Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture… Cataclysmic
- We're in the midst of an evolution, not a revolution. Evolution
- You try on purpose to get players with different qualities which will rub off on one another. Different Qualities
- So, the total number of hours spent on the stuff you have to do to take care of a family, working and caring for stuff… Care
- If you factor in not just who's doing what at home, but how much more time working fathers are spending on work outside the home,… Average
- It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can do that is… Able
- It's just that, when the orchestra look at me, I want them to see a completely involved person who reflects what we rehearsed, and whose… Completely
- The invisible dilemma is that men face the very real problem that they don't feel comfortable bringing these issues up and they tend not to… Acknowledged
- They've really got to recognize that all of us bring some of our family issues to work and our work home. All
- We do not seem to be finding tomorrow's Toscas. Finding
- What's interesting is that both men and women are struggling with this issue in remarkably similar percentages, but the big difference is that women tend… Big
- When they are performing in front of the public, they ought to have a sensation that's relatively easy, if the technical and the interpretive work… Easy
- Where my tastes in music are concerned, I'm a real maximalist. Concerned
- Women tend to have recognition and peer group support - recognition from friends and family that this has to be a big issue in their… Big