Mahler Quotes
- Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is the Fifth. As the great… — Malcolm Arnold
- He wanted us to play whatever we played in the most characteristic and appropriate style. Even it was the theme from 'The Godfather,' you needed… — Manny Laureano
- I cannot listen to Beethoven or Mahler or Chopin or Bach when I write because those composers require you stop what you are doing and… — Antonio Damasio
- Mahler wrote it as the third movement of his Fourth Symphony. I mean the fourth movement of his First Symphony. We play it third. The… — Eugene Ormandy
- You should never trust anyone who listens to Mahler before they're forty. — Clive James
- There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note. — Gustav Mahler
- For me to rehearse with a children's orchestra a Mahler symphony was to really work. We had three or four weeks of rehearsal with the… — Gustavo Dudamel
- I love to read different books on completely different subjects at the same time. I cannot focus on one. I read a few pages of… — Gustavo Dudamel
- Perhaps, once I am gone, the one thing I might be remembered for is having sung a great deal of Mahler with a great many… — Maureen Forrester
- I like the way Mahler wandered about in his music and still retained his passion. He must have looked like an earthquake walking down the… — Charles Bukowski
- Every spring I hear the thrush singing in the glowing woods he is only passing through. His voice is deep, then he lifts it until… — Mary Oliver
- I like to sing to Verdi, I like singing to Sibelius, and Mahler maybe. — Rufus Wainwright
- I have enjoyed most particularly reading the correspondence between Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss. The genuine friendship, competitiveness and support that thread through their communications… — Jessye Norman
- There is no way that I could say that I am going to be Mahler or Mozart. But no one is. And if this is… — Rufus Wainwright