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Conductor Inspirational Quotes (3067)

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A libretto that should never have been accepted on a subject that should never have been chosen bya man who should never have attempted it.
Virgil Thomson
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I seem to write an opera about every 20 years if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third in 1970.
Virgil Thomson
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I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played.
Virgil Thomson
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Every composer's music reflects in its subject-matter and in its style the source of the money the composer is living on while writing the music.
Virgil Thomson
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Reviewing music or reviewing anything is a writing job. It's nice if you are experienced in the field you are writing about, but writing is what you are doing.
Virgil Thomson
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Let your mind alone, and see what happens.
Virgil Thomson
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In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise.
Virgil Thomson
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In Hamburg, there are three major orchestras, an opera house, and one of the great concert-hall acoustics in Europe at the Laeiszhalle, in a town a fifth the size of London. And that's not unusual. In Germany, there are dozens of towns with two or three orchestras. The connection with music goes very, very deep.
Jeffrey Tate
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99.9% of the information you get about Africa is wrong
Fela Kuti
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We should make decisions in life with our hearts, not our brains, not only in music but in daily life.
Andre Rieu
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I first picked up a violin aged five - I just assumed everyone played.
Andre Rieu
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Now, I've changed my life to make sure I work only on what I love.
Andre Rieu
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I have two speeds, nothing and full pelt.
Andre Rieu
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I was a fat child and loved cake, perhaps because it was the only sweet thing in my life.
Andre Rieu
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The waltz can be sad and at the same time uplifting. You have to see life from both sides, and the waltz encapsulates that. If you're in my audience you give yourself to me and the waltz will grab you.
Andre Rieu
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The waltz is a very important part of my life. It's a very important way for me to express my positiveness, bringing humor to the world.
Andre Rieu
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I was the black sheep of the family, and my mother never really understood me.
Andre Rieu
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It is my personality alone that has brought back the waltz and made it a global craze.
Andre Rieu
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When I'm not on tour, I love to have a long breakfast at home in my garden.
Andre Rieu
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I am travelling half the year around the world, every year, so coming home is one of the most beautiful things.
Andre Rieu
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Mozart composed his music not for the elite, but for everybody.
Andre Rieu
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You only get better by playing.
Buddy Rich
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A world is in danger, this planet is in great danger!
Sun Ra
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It is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental state of the composer.
Ludwig van Beethoven
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