#us

The underlying process in Northern music tends to be slower and continuous, whatever's happening on the surface; in Southern music the underlying process is always faster. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#continuous #faster #happening #music #northern

There is such a suspicion in today's world of people who do more than one thing, who aren't specialized. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#one thing #people #specialized #such #suspicion

There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#composing #conducting #haven #i #never

This continuity of sound and form was something that I became really interested in from working with Ligeti. He was always going on about how form has to be continuous. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#always #became #continuity #continuous #form

With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#because #getting #halls #hard #huge

I have a controversial opinion about evil, because I don't believe evil exists. I believe that actions are dark and destructive but I don't believe evil is a thing. I believe it's a by-product of man's fear and desperation. ↗

— Victor Salva

#actions #because #believe #by-product #controversial

I don't often know exactly what's coming next, and that makes it more fun. And you know, for me, this entire genre is all about that; it's all about having fun and getting away from the mundane world for just a little while. ↗

— R. A. Salvatore

#away #coming #entire #exactly #fun

Here's the thing, for me at least: this is a huge genre now. It wasn't always so. Not so many years ago, it wasn't so. There is a tremendous diversity in fantasy today. ↗

— R. A. Salvatore

#always #diversity #fantasy #genre #here

I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively. ↗

— R. A. Salvatore

#beyond #book #business #go #i

I did it my way, and I have no regrets when I look back on my career that it was just a big focus for me. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#big #career #did #focus #i