"I was told when I went for a……" — Jeffrey Tate
"I was told when I went for a life-insurance exam when I was 18 that I was not likely to live past 50, so I refused to pay the premium."
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9 Quotes by Jeffrey Tate
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The most perfect expression of human behavior is a string quartet.
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Basically speaking, conducting is quite a healthy profession.
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So I observe life a little bit, rather than participating in it.
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I guess, as a conductor, one goes in and out of fashion. Your career starts with a bang, everyone thinks…
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In Hamburg, there are three major orchestras, an opera house, and one of the great concert-hall acoustics in Europe at…
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Concert-going has become much less the thing to do, while people are still going to opera. This might be a…
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I had a sense of debt to the medical profession and to surgery particularly. I would not be as ambient…
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On the grounds of prestigious musical organizations that come and go, New York has the edge.
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