Concerts Quote by Gerry Mulligan Download Open image “The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine.” — Gerry Mulligan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Concerts Firsts Pieces Play Reason Starting Starting over Symphony
When I was just coming up, I always wanted to be able to perform to a large crowd with a symphony. — Curtis Mayfield Copy Share Image
I am going to write my symphony; I'm just going to start tomorrow. — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors. — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
If you think of the history, in the days of Brahms and Beethoven and all these guys, almost every concert was a new music… — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
The Boston Symphony is one of the best orchestras in the world and has such a great tradition - which I want to cherish,… — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
I first heard Mahler's second symphony aged 11 in Liverpool, and it inspired me to become a conductor. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
I wanted to unite the popular and the serious, and to make a popular symphony, a popular oratorio. — Mikis Theodorakis Copy Share Image
You can't play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to play it. — Navjot Singh Sidhu Copy Share Image
When I listen to a symphony I love, I don't get from it what the composer got. His 'Yes' was different from mine. He… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
When you play in smaller places with a smaller symphony, sometimes there's a difference in quality. Sometimes it's murderous. Sometimes it's real torture. Other… — Anne Murray Copy Share Image
I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting. — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
When we've finished the current tour I'm going to go back to Italy and see if I can do some more writing. — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately. — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs. — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition… — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
Life on the road is murder. It's as though life begins and ends when you have your horn in your mouth. — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
I still get nervous about singing. I drink tea with honey and lemon before every concert. And I need to have scented candles in… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
In fact, when Jaan wanted to be a part of some of my live concerts, I let him join me for a few. — Kumar Sanu Copy Share Image
Well, a lot of our concerts do okay, and I know we still get royalty checks which still isn't that important, but again, I… — Bruce Johnston Copy Share Image
Congratulations to each and every one of you for the concert last night in New York and vice versa. — Eugene Ormandy Copy Share Image
My favourite song of Elton's is... it's a tricky one for me. I'm a proper fan and I've probably seen him in concert about… — Matt Lucas Copy Share Image
I've always said about 50% of what happens at a concert has to do with the audience. If you play for a dead audience… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
My first concert isn't that cool or ironic. I wish it had been like, "My first concert was the Backstreet Boys," but the first… — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
Since it is impossible for the people spontaneously and universally, to move in concert towards their object; and it is therefore essential, that such… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Of course we're still having the concert. Don't let a little rain ruin your night. — Jo Dee Messina Copy Share Image
I like to go to concerts because I love to see my favorite band through the phone of the asshole who's standing in front… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image