Leonard Slatkin Quotes

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• I'm beginning to see that just knowing the piece is not enough. Having a clear technique is not enough. Having a broad repertory is not…
• We need music to restore the human spirit
• The convergence of the Rhone and Saone. Paul Bocuse. The birthplace of cinema. Chateauneuf-du-Pape just a few miles down the road. It does not get…
• There's not an orchestra in the world that doesn't have weaknesses. None of us can play everything well. The repertoire is just too big.
• In some ways I believe music is the more convincing communicator of ideas than words. For instance, we can hear of Kordaly and Bartok and…
• An orchestra knows during the first two minutes of the first rehearsal whether or not they are going to enjoy the person on the podium.
• Growing up in Hollywood, like I did, I have a passion and a love for the movies, so I go to the cinema all the…
• How could a New Yorker possibly take something called the Hollywood String Quartet seriously?
• I don't really think about retiring. I will retire just before people start saying, 'I knew Leonard Slatkin when he conducted well.
• I have been long associated with British music. I have favoured it as my alternate music next to American.
• I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the family.
• I use my hands like a sculptor, to mold and shape the sound I want, to clarify.
• I'll know I'm reaching the total American market when I'm asked to do a video for MTV.
• I'm not particularly lucid after a concert. I'm not very lucid before, either.
• I've come to the conclusion that a long, personal relationship is next to impossible for me. Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.
• The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers.
• There is no 'perfect' in music. If I ever came off the stage and felt it could not be better, it would then be time…
• We are a global society, and one does not have to be from Germany to give a great performance of Beethoven.
• A music director cannot and should not be chosen on the basis of a first date. It is not so difficult to make a good…
• I am usually cooking at least four times a week if I am home. The easiest thing that I do a lot is gazpacho. It's…

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