Expectations Quote by Sue Perkins

A good conductor ought to be a good chauffeur; the qualities that make the one also make the other. They are concentration, an incessant…

— Sergei Rachmaninoff

The great conductor is always a despot by temperament and intractable in his ways. ... The artist is obliged to keep his laughter and…

— Nadia Boulanger

A great conductor possesses that certain charisma and talent that demand the ears and the attention of an audience. I can't tell you how…

— Isaac Stern

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

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

A conductor has to know how to translate music into a communicative force that makes the listener want to hear what he has to…

— Isaac Stern

I mean, the great secret is that an orchestra can actually play without a conductor at all. Of course, a great conductor will have…

— Joshua Bell

Show me an orchestra that likes its conductor and I'll show you a lousy conductor.

— Goddard Lieberson

Perhaps the chief requirement of [the conductor] is that he be humble before the composer; that he never interpose himself between the music and…

— Leonard Bernstein

The conductor is a peculiar person. He turns his back on his friends in the audience, shakes a stick at his players in the…

— Victor Borge

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

— Simon Rattle