Conductor Quote by Leonard Slatkin

I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.

— Zubin Mehta

At the end of the day music is a grind. You're constantly working at it and even with playing shows as well. If your…

— James Vincent McMorrow

I guess, as a conductor, one goes in and out of fashion. Your career starts with a bang, everyone thinks you're wonderful, and then…

— Jeffrey Tate

All musicians need a day job in the beginning. Unless they still live with their parents, I guess. I'm just lucky that my day…

— Hal Sparks

Normally classical music is set up so you have professionals on a stage and a bunch of audience - it's us versus them. You…

— David Lang

I believe that intermittent live performance has cut short the writing lives of touring musicians.

— David Berman

Musicians are in-season all the time.

— John Legend

As a conductor I find the hardest tasks are to listen to the instinct of a musician and to hear the music behind the…

— Edward Gardner

I sometimes feel it is to my disadvantage that I have not conducted the Cleveland Orchestra or the Boston or Chicago symphonies, but then…

— Zubin Mehta

You can always boil down the life of a musician to touring, playing, and writing.

— Tift Merritt

It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain the services of first-class conductors. They are sick and tired of dealing with singers, as I am.

— Rudolf Bing

I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.

— Kurt Masur