I aspire to be a director...I think it stems from wanting to be a conductor, another desire of mine from my childhood, though I was not interested in music, not at all. I just wanted to control that orchestra.
Alexander Siddig
Because we were a kid act, we traveled at half-fare, despite the fact that we were all around 20. Minnie insisted we were 13. "That kid of yours is in the dining car smoking a cigar", the conductor told her. A"And another one is in the washroom shaving". ...
Groucho Marx
What we need to know is the complete package. We need to know that our next conductor is not only a top-notch professional musician, but also someone who has a good sense for concert programming, for understanding and working with the strengths and limita...
John Driscoll
The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants.
Franz Liszt
The conductor must make it possible to eliminate himself in the music. If the orchestra feels him doing that, then everything will go well.
April Wooden
It`s a great celebration. It`s our 15th anniversary and we are joining the rest of the world in celebrating Mozart`s 250th anniversary. It is also a somewhat bittersweet celebration as it represents my 15th season as director and conductor and my last sea...
Austin Flynn
Is it not the business of the conductor to convey to the public in its dramatic form the central idea of a composition; and how can he convey that idea successfully if he does not enter heart and soul into the life of the music and the tale it unfolds?
John Philip Sousa
I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can`t say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.
Alexander Jodorowsky
I don`t feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you`re just beating time.
Itzhak Perlman
Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out.
James Levine
Show me an orchestra that likes its conductor and I`ll show you a lousy conductor.
Goddard Lieberson
