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Orchestra Quotes by Leonard Bernstein
- I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer.
- The most difficult instrument to play in the orchestra is second fiddle.
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- Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor. — Jason Bateman
- There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on… — Thomas Beecham
- I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer. — Leonard Bernstein
- There's sort of an open offer to work with a guy in Los Angeles who does big band and orchestra arrangements who… — Jello Biafra
- I change the language with which I use my voice. In opera, I know I have an orchestra behind me; I have… — Andrea Bocelli
- Let me say that I've never thought to conduct because the conductor has to think to the music before the orchestra. And… — Andrea Bocelli
- I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra,… — Nadia Boulanger
- It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me. — Dave Brubeck
- It's been a thrilling journey - I have had to really learn that an orchestra is an entity - it's a creature.… — Tori Amos
- For better or worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life. — Dale Carnegie
- To his orchestra Stop da music, stop da music! You're supposed to follow da music, not chase it all over da place. — Jimmy Durante
- The conductor is a peculiar person. He turns his back on his friends in the audience, shakes a stick at his players… — Victor Borge