Be you Quote by Laurence Equilbey

To this day I am indulgent toward orchestras that are trying to lift themselves in the world, while critics are busy assuring them that…

— Robertson Davies

I will never master this craft. Orchestras are very, very forthcoming with me.

— David Ogden Stiers

On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it…

— Eberhard Weber

I don't quite think I'm big enough to deserve an orchestra.

— Tim Minchin

You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.

— Kurt Masur

The better the orchestra, often the harder it is to conduct, not the other way around.

— Simon Rattle

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

— Simon Rattle

The only reason they're out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.

— Billie Holiday

I feel so entirely in my element with a full orchestra; even if my mortal enemies were marshalled before me, I could lead them,…

— Robert Schumann

I'm a band dictator.

— Tobias Forge

“it’s not even people anymore, it’s one big thing you want to control and once you’ve had a taste of it, you’re hooked. It’s…

— Fannie Flagg

People ordinarily don't think of their orchestras as important as we'd like them to be. People don't care about their friends and neighbors who…

— David Ogden Stiers