Quotes by Leonard Slatkin - Page 1

We need music to restore the human spirit
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Humans
Needs
Spirit
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Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Mistress
Music Is
Possessive
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I'm not particularly lucid after a concert. I'm not very lucid before, either.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Concert
Lucid
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I use my hands like a sculptor, to mold and shape the sound I want, to clarify.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Hands
Mold
Sound
Clarify
Sculptor
Shape
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I'll know I'm reaching the total American market when I'm asked to do a video for MTV.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Mtv
Reaching
Video
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How could a New Yorker possibly take something called the Hollywood String Quartet seriously?
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Hollywood
Quartets
Strings
New Yorker
Quartet
Seriously
String
String Quartet
Yorker
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I have been long associated with British music. I have favoured it as my alternate music next to American.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
British
Long
Next
Alternate
Associated
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We are a global society, and one does not have to be from Germany to give a great performance of Beethoven.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Doe
Germany
Giving
Beethoven
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Growing up in Hollywood, like I did, I have a passion and a love for the movies, so I go to the cinema all the time.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Cinema
Growing Up
Hollywood
Passion
Love Time Movies
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The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Century
Developing
Orchestra
Performers
Roles
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There is no 'perfect' in music. If I ever came off the stage and felt it could not be better, it would then be time to quit.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Perfect
Quitting
Stage
Time Music Better
Quit
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I don't really think about retiring. I will retire just before people start saying, 'I knew Leonard Slatkin when he conducted well.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
People
Retiring
Thinking
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I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the family.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Father
Four
Generations
Outstanding
Violinist
Family Father Never
Match
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An orchestra knows during the first two minutes of the first rehearsal whether or not they are going to enjoy the person on the podium.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Orchestra
Rehearsal
Two
Podium
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I've come to the conclusion that a long personal relationship is next to impossible for me. Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Long
Mistress
Next
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I've come to the conclusion that a long, personal relationship is next to impossible for me. Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Conclusion
Mistress
Possessive
Relationship Music Me
Personal Relationship
Ultimately
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There's not an orchestra in the world that doesn't have weaknesses. None of us can play everything well. The repertoire is just too big.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Orchestra
Play
Weakness
World
None
Repertoire
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To my mind and ear, there is simply nothing that compares to the musical sophistication of a late Beethoven, Bartok, Schubert or Brahms work for minimal forces.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Schubert
Sophistication
Beethoven
Work Mind Nothing
Compares
Ear
Forces
Minimal
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Over the years it has been my privilege to lead performances with Saint Louis, the National Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra and so many other wonderful organizations.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Cleveland
Orchestra
Organization
Saint
Symphony
Years
Louis
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My first strong musical memory is of the Villa-Lobos Sixth Quartet which my parents were rehearsing. I remember that it reminded me of big teddy bears dancing around.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Dancing
Memories
Strong
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The convergence of the Rhone and Saone. Paul Bocuse. The birthplace of cinema. Chateauneuf-du-Pape just a few miles down the road. It does not get much better than Lyon.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Birth Place
Birthplace
Cinema
Convergence
Doe
Down The Road
Miles
Paul
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Randy Newman and I grew up together in Los Angeles. We are both products of the film studio era. Randy is one of the great songwriters of our time and one of the fun people to be with.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Fun
Los Angeles
Newman
Our Time
People
Randy
Songwriters
Together
Time Great Together
Angeles
Los
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I'm beginning to see that just knowing the piece is not enough. Having a clear technique is not enough. Having a broad repertory is not enough. I want desperately to get past all those things.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Knowing
Past
Technique
Broad
Repertory
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People know Detroit for the cars, but the suburban areas of the city are really beautiful. It's much more inhabitable than people think. Many believe it's like Berlin at the end of World War II.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
War
Beautiful
Believe
Berlin
Detroit
World War Ii
Suburban
World War
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The conductor is the artistic leader and sometimes cultural arbiter of his or her community. It is their leadership that is looked to and should anything go wrong, they are the persons taking most of the heat.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Anything Goes
Arbiter
Community
Conductor
Heat
Leader
Cultural
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In some ways I believe music is the more convincing communicator of ideas than words. For instance, we can hear of Kordaly and Bartok and recognise them as Hungarian, but very few of us speak Hungarian, but the music itself speaks to more people.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Believe
Convincing
Ideas
Instance
People
Recognise
Music Believe I Believe
Hungarian
More People
Speaks
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A music director cannot and should not be chosen on the basis of a first date. It is not so difficult to make a good impression with a single appearance, usually containing some of a conductor's party pieces, works they have performed successfully many times before.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Appearance
Chosen
Conductor
Containing
Firsts
Impression
Party
Pieces
Good Music Difficult
Basis
Date
Music Director
Successfully
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I am usually cooking at least four times a week if I am home. The easiest thing that I do a lot is gazpacho. It's simple and it tastes best if you let it sit over night in the refrigerator... I don't want anybody near me when I am cooking. If I am going to make a mistake, it has to be my fault.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Home
Cooking
Mistake
Simple
Best Home Me
Easiest
Tastes
Easiest Thing
Near
Refrigerator
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The life of any musician really doesn't fall into a normal schedule at all. Every week there are different rehearsals, different days and nights of performances, so we don't have a particular pattern that we can follow. For a conductor, it is a little bit worse because we have to allow for traveling.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Conductor
Fall
Musician
Night
Schedules
Nights
Pattern
Rehearsals
Schedule
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On the corner of 57th and 7th Avenue sits the most famous concert hall in the world. No less a figure than when Tchaikovsky led the first performances in 1891. Virtually every major artist has performed there. There is simply no place like it. The first time I stepped foot in Carnegie Hall was in 1964.
Leonard Slatkin / Conductor
Artist
Carnegie
Carnegie Hall
Feet
Tchaikovsky
Time Famous World
Avenue
Concert
Concert Hall
Corner
Foot
Hall
Led
Stepped
Virtually
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