#chest

Sarcasm is a Manchester trait. ↗

— Peter Hook

#sarcasm #trait

A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much. ↗

— Anthony Hopkins

#conductor #himself #impose #much #orchestra

I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way. ↗

— Alan Hovhaness

#concert #concert pianist #did #earn #fairly

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#grotesque #means #nature #offer #our

It's a shame the Manchester United situation turned sour. ↗

— Paul Ince

#manchester united #shame #situation #sour #turned

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#dragons #fairy-tales #inspirational #paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton #inspirational

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a change. ↗

— David Amram

#change #conducting #feeling #music #orchestra

Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#carefully #century #dalton #destroyed #during

I recorded the song live in front of an orchestra, and yes, I was very moved, I was in tears. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

#i #live #moved #orchestra #recorded

A conductor can do wild things which can feel forced, but if you're directing from within the orchestra, you can't do that, things have to feel natural. ↗

— Joshua Bell

#directing #feel #forced #natural #orchestra