Conductor Quote by Zubin Mehta

I first heard Mahler's second symphony aged 11 in Liverpool, and it inspired me to become a conductor.

— Simon Rattle

And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and…

— Kurt Masur

I wanted to be a composer.

— Frank Sinatra Jr

I got to compose for a full symphony orchestra.

— Jack Conte

I went to study some orchestration stuff because I got so inspired working with all the orchestras.

— Dido Armstrong

I always wanted to be a spontaneous composer.

— Charles Mingus

I started writing music as a composer in school, in the classical tradition.

— Julia Holter

If anything, when I was young, I wanted to be an orchestra.

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

I played with the best conductors of the world.

— Mstislav Rostropovich

I always felt that one day I would have to make the change in my own life, bite the bullet and see what it…

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

When I am with composers, I say I am a conductor. When I am with conductors, I say I am a composer.

— Leonard Bernstein

Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.'

— Ornette Coleman