Conductors Quotes

The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage.

They gave me four weeks, and I asked if the first week could be just music with the two main conductors. So, the conductors came over to my home, and we worked in the music room, and I learned my two little songs.

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

When you`re that young and you play with an orchestra -- I debuted with the New York Philharmonic -- they call you a prodigy and that name sticks with you even when you`re 15 or 16. What I liked even then, though, was that the conductors treated me like a colleague, not like a `prodigy,` ... Then, when I would be invited back, it became a wonderful cycle for me: I would create friends at these places, such as New York and Berlin, and they have watched me grow up.

I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can`t say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain the services of first-class conductors. They are sick and tired of dealing with singers, as I am.

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.