Bugs Quote by Bobby McFerrin

I was in a band when I was in high school, and I was bitten by the performance bug, if anything else.

— Luke Macfarlane

I am still very proud of that concert. In America, the (musicians') connection with the conductor is as with management - it becomes political.…

— Neeme Jarvi

Let me say that I've never thought to conduct because the conductor has to think to the music before the orchestra. And the orchestra…

— 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

For a long time, I couldn't actually deal with playing concerts; it was a totally alien concept to me, 'cause I was used to…

— Van Morrison

“The first problem I had with conducting was coming out on stage and turning my back on the audience. It was an utterly foreign…

— Leon Fleisher

For a long time, I couldn't actually deal with playing concerts, it was a totally alien concept to me, 'cos I was used to…

— Van Morrison

Toting around a full orchestra on tour is very ambitious. I would consider doing a show now and then, like do a show at…

— Vanessa Carlton

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

I've performed in concert halls thousands and thousands of times in my life.

— Chris Thile

I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them.

— Cecilia Bartoli

It's been a thrilling journey - I have had to really learn that an orchestra is an entity - it's a creature. I have…

— Tori Amos