Agree Quote by Michael Tilson Thomas

Do you know why conductors live so long? Because we perspire so much.

— John Barbirolli

Conductors start getting good when everybody else retires.

— Simon Rattle

I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just…

— Itzhak Perlman

The whole duty of a conductor is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo.

— Richard Wagner

Conductors make too much fuss about conductors! Humility and hard work are virtues. We're nothing without our musicians.

— Simon Rattle

“Many say, "We march to the beat of our drum," yet no one bothered to ask who's the conductor!”

— Erick "The Black Sheep" G

The most important thing for the conductor is that he or she listens. Her listening will make things sound a certain way. If the…

— Laurence Equilbey

The conductor is the artistic leader and sometimes cultural arbiter of his or her community. It is their leadership that is looked to and…

— Leonard Slatkin

Let me say that I've never thought to conduct because the conductor has to think to the music before the orchestra. And the orchestra…

— Andrea Bocelli

Lately, my mind is like an orchestra. If you don't have the conductor, you don't know what to do. One guy is playing jazz,…

— Goran Ivanisevic

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

— Kurt Masur

For me, the conductor is a person who interprets along with me, and we interpret things together.

— Hilary Hahn