Quotes of: Stravinsky Keyword

Sometimes you get from the mouth of kids wonderful things.

Itzhak Perlman

Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities.

Itzhak Perlman

The most important thing to do is really listen.

Itzhak Perlman

The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem.

Erich Leinsdorf

Most dancers have no awareness of how they look; half of them think they're fat. There is anorexia in the ballet world; there are those things.

Benjamin Millepied

I mean, I think in the early days we were pretty... pretty British in our entertainment leads.

Graeme Murphy

The most perfect expression of human behavior is a string quartet.

Jeffrey Tate

I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me.

Zubin Mehta

I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.

Zubin Mehta

Music is a lens through which to see who we are. Every phrase of every piece of music is trying to tell a story.

Charles Hazlewood

I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music.

Chuck Mangione

There is no 'perfect' in music. If I ever came off the stage and felt it could not be better, it would then be time to quit.

Leonard Slatkin

I've come to the conclusion that a long, personal relationship is next to impossible for me. Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.

Leonard Slatkin

I have been long associated with British music. I have favoured it as my alternate music next to American.

Leonard Slatkin

Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now.

Neville Marriner

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

I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work.

Alvin Ailey

He knew what it was like to love one who did not--or could not--love you back. But he'd had no choice. None of them did.

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