I've worked with some great orchestras and amazing classical musicians, but I don't like the conceptualization of classical music as an elitist form of art.
There are some good people in it, but the orchestra as a whole is equivalent to a gang bent on destruction.
The most difficult instrument to play in the orchestra is second fiddle.
I, uh. . . I have a television, so I'm going to spend some time here to tell you some things. [To orchestra conductor:] And, and. . . and sir, you're doing a great job, but you're so quick with that stick, so why don't you sit. 'Cause I may never be here again. '
One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.
It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.
And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor.
I never say what I mean, but I always manage to say something similar.
It's nice not to have the majority of the attention on me like there is when playing a concerto with an orchestra.
I recorded the song live in front of an orchestra, and yes, I was very moved, I was in tears.
At every concert I've sensed a certain insecurity about the tempo. It's clearly marked 80. . . uh, 69.
I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.
I tend to work in layers. There's a huge orchestra in the film, but I also record a lot things with very intimate groups, and I like to be able to use the textures of those intimate groups.
Except for the violin pieces and a few of my orchestra pieces, all of my works from the Passacaglia on relate to the death of my mother.
You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.
I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I heard an orchestra in my head.
With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard.
There are men charged with the duty of examining the construction of the plants, animals, and soils which are the instruments of the great orchestra. These men are called professors. Each selects one instrument and spends his life taking it apart and describing its strings and sounding boards. This process of dismemberment is called research. The place for dismemberment is called a university.
The guitar is an orchestra in itself.
If you don't have it in your part, leave it out, because there is enough missing already.