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I have a big problem with conductors who gesture a lot. ↗

— James Levine

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I think this orchestra's strengths involve drama and voice. ↗

— James Levine

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I thought I'd write one book and the world would change overnight. ↗

— James Levine

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If you factor in not just who's doing what at home, but how much more time working fathers are spending on work outside the home, on average they spend two hours more per day outside the home. ↗

— James Levine

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It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can do that is - like Verdi said - working with a file, every day, little by little, until the orchestra's collective qualities emerge. ↗

— James Levine

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It was just that we had this phenomenal honeymoon relationship that just kept on going. ↗

— James Levine

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It wasn't that I ever knew I'd be at the Met for 20 years, or 30 years, or 40 years, or anything like that. ↗

— James Levine

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It's just that, when the orchestra look at me, I want them to see a completely involved person who reflects what we rehearsed, and whose function is to make it possible for them to do it. ↗

— James Levine

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More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I'm still amazed at the number who aren't and where the cultural norm sort of kicks in and they just assume that mom's got to be the one who stays home, not dad. ↗

— James Levine

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There is no relationship between the gestures and what an orchestra will do. ↗

— James Levine

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