Quotes by Eugene Ormandy - Page 2

Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Orchestra
Trying
Conduct
Insist
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Please follow me because I have to follow him and he isn't here.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Follow Me
Orchestra
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We have to play it longer because there are no numbers or letters.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Numbers
Play
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Yes, the mutes are already on. You took them off in the beginning.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Orchestra
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That was perfect. It was just the opposite from what I said yesterday.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Opposites
Yesterday
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It's so legato it's difficult to splice. Sibelius was famous for that.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Orchestra
Sibelius
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I never say what I mean, but I always manage to say something similar.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Manage
Mean
Orchestra
Similar
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It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Difficult
Harder
Orchestra
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We can't hear the balance yet because the soloist is still on the airplane.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Airplane
Balance
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Bizet was a very young man when he composed this symphony, so play it softly.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Men
Play
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Without him here, it is impossible to know how fast he will play it, approximately.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Orchestra
Play
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I told him he'd have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Heart
Years
Attack
Unfortunately
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If you don't have it in your part, leave it out, because there is enough missing already.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Missing
Missing You
Orchestra
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It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Flexible
Orchestra
Principles
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That's the way Stravinsky was. Bup, bup, bup, bup. The poor guy's dead now. Play it legato.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Guy
Play
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Why do you always start after my beat then rush to catch up? Do you want us to stay behind?
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Orchestra
Want
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I wrote it the right way, so it was copied the wrong way right. I mean the right way wrong.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Mean
Orchestra
Right Way
Wrong Way
Copied
Way Wrong Right
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Let me explain what I do here. I don't want to confuse you any more than absolutely necessary.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Orchestra
Want
Me More Want
Confuse
Explain
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Congratulations to each and every one of you for the concert last night in New York and vice versa.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
New York
Congratulations
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At every concert I've sensed a certain insecurity about the tempo. It's clearly marked 80...uh, 69.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Insecurity
Orchestra
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With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Tonight
William
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Muti is going to do the Alpine Symphony this year. He will do it well because it is not very well known.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Symphony
Years
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I don't get into politics, general or musical, but just call me if you get jury duty. Even in New Jersey I was able to help somebody.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Jersey
Musical
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Im one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. Im just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Boys
Lucky
Play
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I'm one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. I'm just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Standing
Violinist
Center
Telling
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[conductor Eugene Ormandy introduces Warfield to the audience in an unintentionally humorous way:] With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
Funny
Men
Wife
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Mahler wrote it as the third movement of his Fourth Symphony. I mean the fourth movement of his First Symphony. We play it third. The trumpet solo will be played by our solo trumpet player. It's named 'Blumine,' which has something to do with flowers.
Eugene Ormandy / Conductor
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Flower
Mean
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