Orchestra Quotes

347 quotes by 211 authors

It was not so very long ago that people thought that semiconductors were part-time orchestra leaders and microchips were very small snack foods. — Geraldine Ferraro
It is when music is added that a film can come to life for a director. A live orchestra, playing the score as a conductor… — Robert Paul Wolff
I listen to the summer symphony outside my window. Truthfully, it's not a symphony at all. There's no tune, no melody, only the same notes… — Jerry Spinelli
We are all musicians in a great human orchestra, and it is now time to play the Save the World Symphony. You are not required… — Sandra Steingraber
Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra. — John Goodman
I'm too busy playing. When I'm playing I don't pay attention to who's listening. When I was listening I listened to symphony orchestras, Beethoven, Bach,… — Charles Mingus
Originally I had a block about appearing in a musical. I went to a voice teacher for a while, but that did no good. My… — Rex Harrison
As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good numbers… — Howard Keel
As major orchestras around the world are gripped in various kinds of crises and upheaval, we need to be sure that we are bringing up… — James Levine
I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest — James Levine
Few tears will be shed over the demise of the East German army, but what about East Germanyâ€™s eighty symphony orchestras, bound to lose some… — Unknown Author
My ex-wife was trying to be nice once, so she took me to a concert in Los Angeles. I went with her to Symphony Hall,… — B B King
Remember, if you do the same act for 20, 30 years it gets a little boring unless you've got something else going for you... And… — Donald O'Connor
One has to build a fist against anti-Semitism-a first class orchestra will be this fist. — Bronislaw Huberman
To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra. — Cecil Taylor
I love the sound of snow... You can hear it even if you are only standing on a balcony. [The sound] is only minimal, not… — Unknown Author
Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience. — George Szell
A man of forty today has nothing to worry him but falling hair, inability to button the top button, failing vision, shortness of breath, a… — Robert Benchley
I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like… — Warren G. Bennis
For me the whole world is like a gigantic theater in which I am the only spectator without opera glasses. The orchestra plays the prelude… — Isaac Babel

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