"But some people will say you just did……" — Michael Tilson Thomas
"But some people will say you just did these programs. Well, yes, the programs are important and I'm proud of the programs, but mostly I'm proud of the way the San Francisco Symphony plays these programs."
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31 Quotes by Michael Tilson Thomas
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If you're curious, if you have a capacity for wonder, if you're alive, you know all that you need to…
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The big difference between human happiness and sadness? Thirty-seven freakin' vibrations.
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What happens when the music stops? Where does it go?
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Classical music is an unbroken, living tradition that goes back over 1,000 years, and every one of those years has…
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Classical music is a wonderful 1200 year-old tradition that witnesses everything that it has meant and what it means right…
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You can't have Bach, Mozart and Beethoven as your favorite composers. They simply define what music is!
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The world changes when there's music in it.
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But those musics do not address the larger kind of architecture in time that classical music does, whatever each one…
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When I first was conducting as guest conductor in Europe 25 years ago, I would propose doing American pieces and…
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I think music needs to be presented in a way so that kids can grasp songs, dances, simple music that's…
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But without the experience of actually singing or playing these things yourself, you don't have the same kind of involvement…
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But if I can be convinced and then through the work that we do together, the orchestra can really be…
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