Conductor Quotes

145 quotes by 120 authors

As the bus slowed down at the crowded bus stop, the Pakistani bus conductor leaned from the platform and called out, "Six only!" The bus… — Edwin Francis Gay
The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.. — Blaine Lee Pardoe
Today we can establish Sharia law because our nation will acquire well-being only with Islam and Sharia. The Muslim Brothers and the Freedom and Justice… — Mohammed Morsi
There's nothing quite like a real . . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute — Anita Diament
As a conductor I find the hardest tasks are to listen to the instinct of a musician and to hear the music behind the notes. — Edward Gardner
You know why conductors live so long? Because we perspire so much. — John Barbirolli
The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as a tenor or… — Giuseppe Verdi
The conductor's stand is not a continent of power, but rather an island of solitude. — Riccardo Muti
So, first you have to be able to play with a metronome. Then you take your freedom. If you play in an orchestra, you got… — Ruggiero Ricci
Along the way [Mozart] got married; fathered seven children (two of whom survived into adulthood); performed as a pianist; violinist; and conductor; maintained a successful… — Robert Greenberg
The conductor of an orchestra doesnâ€™t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful. — Benjamin Zander
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 requires… — Eberhard Weber
The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience. — Andre Kostelanetz
Boulez's only concern is with power. He lost the leadership of the avant-guard more than ten years ago to Stockhausen. Now others have moved in.… — Lukas Foss
I, uh...I have a television, so I'm going to spend some time here to tell you some things. [To orchestra conductor:] And, and...and sir, you're… — Julia Roberts
You stand exactly in the middle, poised between heaven and earth, a human conductor for the energy that seeks to flow between these two polarities. — Margot Anand
Composers are not all good conductors. — Anton Seidl
[A conductor's] happiness does not come from only his own story and his joy of the music. The joy is about enabling other people's stories… — Itay Talgam
[As a conductor] there has to be, between me and the orchestra, an unshakable bond of trust, born out of mutual respect, through which we… — Charles Hazlewood
This year - a factory of semiconductors. Next year - a factory of whole conductors! — Todor Zhivkov

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120 authors contributed a total of 145 Conductor Quotes, led by these top contributors: