Arranging Quote by Horace Silver

If an ensemble - I don't care if it's a duet or a forty-piece orchestra - the musicians, the two of them or the…

— John Densmore

There are some good people in it, but the orchestra as a whole is equivalent to a gang bent on destruction.

— John Cage

Music is about the performance.

— Vanessa Mae

I think you can tell a lot from the lives of many of today's great soloists. Their participation and gravitation towards chamber music is…

— David Finckel

The idea of having one ensemble do everything is what was on 'Sea Lion' and that's what I tried to make happen for 'Metals,'…

— Feist

To me, groups of musicians playing together, not fighting each other, but playing a groove together is one of the most exciting things to…

— Phil Collins

I think this orchestra's strengths involve drama and voice.

— James Levine

I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra.

— Barbra Streisand

The orchestra's an amazing instrument, but I don't want to just arrange my songs for it. I think that might be kind of boring…

— Andrew Bird

When an ensemble is really tight or playing as one, it's a transcendental experience. It is spiritual. It goes beyond the ensemble. Ray and…

— John Densmore

Orchestras are like people. They're the sonic embodiment of their community.

— Simon Rattle

The musicians are really on board, they're doing a great job together. There is some kind of a good chemistry, I would say affectionate…

— Lucien Bouchard