Orchestras are like people. They're the sonic embodiment of their community.
Simon RattleRead
My only interest is in sharing great music with more and more people.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a desire to connect people through the joy of music.
Simon Rattle emphasizes the importance of music not just as an art form, but as a means of bringing people together. His focus is on the communal experience created through sharing music, highlighting its power to transcend boundaries and foster connections among diverse audiences.
In practice
At a community concert, I shared Simon Rattle's view by stating, 'My only interest is in sharing great music with more and more people.'
Orchestras are like people. They're the sonic embodiment of their community.
What really counts isn't whether your instrument is Baroque or modern: it's your mindset.
I've always had a profound conviction that great music is about joy, even in the face of tragedy.
We need to bring music to the people, even to those who normally do not listen to classical music.
I believe if you're not completely in love with what you're doing, you'd better find another profession.
Some of my favorite music in the world is Haydn. I had a sabbatical one year and made myself one promise: to play a different Haydn piano sonata each day - they are inexhaustible treasures.
I do not think writers ought ever to sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something. If they write about their own experiences, something true is going to emerge.
I love acting, especially if it's a fantasy of some kind, where it's not just realistic, it's not naturalism.
People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with that, you live all your life.
Don't write stage directions. If it is not apparent what the character is trying to accomplish by saying the line, tell us how the character said it or whether or not she moved to the couch isn't going to aid the case.
As writers go, I have a skin of average thickness. I am pleased by a good review, disappointed by a bad. None of it penetrates far enough to influence the thing I write next.
I'm afraid that the act of writing is so scary and anxiety-filled that I never laugh at all. In fact, when people tell me that such and such a scene or story is comical, I tend to gape. I did not intend comedy - ever, as far as I know. It's probably all a mistake. I am essentially a lugubrious writer. Ha ha!
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