Always Quote by Simon Rattle Download Open image “Beethoven was always too much. He's not slightly anything - he's very everything.” — Simon Rattle ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Always Anything Everything Too much
In my early music-loving days, I thought Beethoven was a bit bombastic, a bit heroic, a bit, well, big. — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance. — Boy George Copy Share Image
Beethoven was a deeply political man in the broadest sense of the word. He was not interested in daily politics, but concerned with questions… — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
When you're a kid, Beethoven is Beethoven, but as I've grown older, my astonishment at the sheer inventiveness of the man has increased, and… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
All composers who came after were influenced by Beethoven, even during his lifetime, both by his personality and by his music. He was a… — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
I always see Beethoven as having been influenced by Haydn. Yet he started a revolution - not just to be different, but also because… — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
Beethoven was just music, and it didn't matter if he could hear it or not - he could feel it. He could hear it… — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
I find myself more genuinely drawn to the essence of Beethoven in Schnabel than I ever have been by anybody. — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
As for my relationship to Beethoven, I admire people who can say what they really think. It's as though he's saying, 'That's how I… — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
I think there are very few people that I would give the title of genius to, really, but Beethoven unquestionably is one of them. — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
Conductors make too much fuss about conductors! Humility and hard work are virtues. We're nothing without our musicians. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
I am old enough to remember the enormous fight over Tate Modern. It is such a part of our cultural landscape now, we forget… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
There are a few great orchestras in the world, thank goodness. Although some people do put them in ranking order, it's not like a… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
The grapevine in England is an extraordinary thing. When there is a really brilliant young composer or soloist, we all hear about it. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
One of the most extraordinary and all-encompassing forms of communication is music. It reaches places that all kinds of other things cannot reach. I'll… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
With these big Wagner pieces, if I haven't started three years before, I'm screwed. You need time to look at the piece again and… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
We have to be evangelists for music. We couldn't just be high priests of music. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
The necessity for rules and strictness is a way of dealing with an enormously powerful impulse: Germans are among the most emotional people on… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
The music lovers of London and the country deserve to have something where orchestras can flourish. You have no idea how wonderful an orchestra… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
I always thought if I was born 2000 years earlier, I would be a monk, probably carving a monastery or some giant pantheon buildings. — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
It's always great to see old friends, especially those I have not been able to see in 15 months. — William Regal Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I have really good lateral movement. I've always had quick lateral movement. — Austin Rivers Copy Share Image
There is something magical about being able to feel somebody. And that is something that has always moved me with music. — Maria Brink Copy Share Image
Mythology is something that always has opportunities to explore. 'It' has been on Earth for millions of years. He's been in contact with humans… — Andy Muschietti Copy Share Image
It's not writing in the traditional sense, but I've always said that the writing process continues on the set and even into the editing… — Robert B. Weide Copy Share Image
I always watch my matches back 100 times afterwards because that's how I improve. This is something I've always done, even in NXT. — Mandy Rose Copy Share Image
I've always been of the idea that is doesn't really matter where you are geographically - with 'Lonerism,' we made half the album in… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
