Quotes of: Mahler Keyword

It is simple nonsense to speak of the fixed tempo of any particular vocal phrase. Each voice has its peculiarities.

Anton Seidl

I have had bullets flying at concerts, but I don't want to talk about that.

Zubin Mehta

I am jealous of all those people who live on the shore of Dal Lake.

Zubin Mehta

I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!

Zubin Mehta

So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well.

Neville Marriner

So I've never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking.

Neville Marriner

The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less.

Neville Marriner

I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy.

Riccardo Muti

I don't want to bother them and ruin the party they are preparing so carefully at La Scala.

Riccardo Muti

Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.

Thomas Beecham

I told him he'd have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer.

Eugene Ormandy

With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife.

Eugene Ormandy

I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.

Chuck Mangione

I was sent down to Cuba. Everything had been prepared with the help of Congressman Johnson and his staff.

Erich Leinsdorf

I abhor the words 'classical music.' Few things satisfy me more than a really good cover version.

Charles Hazlewood

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.

Sarah Caldwell

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

There are three orchestras in Munich, all world-quality, in a city of one million. Yet every hall is full.

Zubin Mehta

My temples are only in India. When I am in India, I go to the religious ceremonies.

Zubin Mehta

American musicians are very giving - they have the highest standard in the world - but they are also very demanding in their conditions.

Zubin Mehta

I'm hopeful that Israelis can go to Ramallah whenever they want and see how the people are living.

Zubin Mehta