Symphony Quotes

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If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies. — Gustav Mahler
In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is piece which shouldn't… — Kurt Masur
I tried to resist his overtures, but he plied me with symphonies, quartets, chamber music, and cantatas. — S. J. Perelman
Over the years it has been my privilege to lead performances with Saint Louis, the National Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra and so many other wonderful organizations. — Leonard Slatkin
Thank God for that. You can shut them, say, 'Hold on a moment.' You play God to it. But who has ever torn himself from… — Ray Bradbury
I love classical music and often listen to symphonies or opera in the morning. — William Mapother
Revolution is only truly revolution if it is a continuous struggle-not just an external struggle against an enemy, but an inner struggle, fighting and subduing… — Sukarno
I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can't write a note. — Alan Dean Foster
I grew up a Red Sox fan. I grew up going to Fenway Park and the Museum of Fine Arts and the Science Museum and… — James Spader
I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last. — David Amram
It's a physical challenge. It's a spiritual challenge. I'm studying almost every day a different symphony, not returning to any one for a week. — Gustavo Dudamel
A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and I put on the CD expecting to… — Gustavo Dudamel
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 don't see myself necessarily having a burning desire to write a symphony. — Danny Elfman
Aristotle ... imputed this symphony of the heavens ... this music of the spheres to Pythagorus. ... But Pythagoras alone of mortals is said to… — John Milton
I was always the kid on scholarship, I was a soloist with my company, I'd been working with the symphony since I was 14. — Summer Glau
My show business career doesn't mean I can't write a symphony. It just means I was never asked to write one. — Marvin Hamlisch
I've worked with actors before where I was like, this is not working, and then I've seen their work on the screen and I've been… — Vincent Kartheiser
All these tales of people sitting down and composing symphonies just as though they were writing a letter are very much exaggerated; at least, it… — George Gershwin
It is so easy to waste our lives: our days, our hours, our minutes. It is so easy to take for granted the pale new… — Anna Quindlen

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