Conductors Quote by Simon Rattle Download Open image “Conductors start getting good when everybody else retires.” — Simon Rattle ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Conductors Else Everybody Good Start
Do you know why conductors live so long? Because we perspire so much. — John Barbirolli Copy Share Image
Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success. — Kurt Masur Copy Share Image
Go to the young conductors who are not making it, and you will hear how we shouldn't push ourselves or sell ourselves, how they… — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less. — Neville Marriner 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 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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
One of my central maxims is how a major part of what a conductor tries to do is get a large group of people… — Michael Tilson Thomas 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
Sometimes, musicians worry too much about how beautifully they are playing. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
Carbon nanotubes are amazing because they're really good electrical conductors, yet they are only a few atoms in diameter. You can make transistors out… — Paul McEuen Copy Share Image
Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces, anyway. — Alan J. Pakula Copy Share Image
They gave me four weeks, and I asked if the first week could be just music with the two main conductors. So, the conductors… — Rue McClanahan Copy Share Image
I look at composers and conductors, anybody involved in music or writing or art in general; they got more done as they got older.… — Sarah Brightman Copy Share Image
When I was young, Tchaikovsky was ruined for me by conductors who made it slick and treacly. Hearing Valery Gergiev conduct Tchaikovsky has been… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
There are two types of conductors. One is the good conductor who can do passionate music but also listen to the singers and do… — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling right, the whole thing goes… — Steven Adler Copy Share Image
Go to the young conductors who are not making it, and you will hear how we shouldn't push ourselves or sell ourselves, how they… — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
