Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes
You know, in some ways conducting is counter-intuitive. It's like winter driving in Finland - if you skid, the natural reaction is to fight with the wheel and jam on the brakes, which is the quickest way to get killed. What you have to do is let go, and the car will right itself. It's the same when an orchestra loses its ensemble. You have to resist the temptation to semaphore, and let the orchestra find its own way back to the pulse.
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My cares come from a very selfish place 'cause in reality I'm young, and I haven't had the experience to be mature yet.
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I still audition a lot and work really hard to get work. So I don't really walk around feeling like I've made it. My short term goals are really just to be creatively stimulated and to be excited about material I might be working on.
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I grew up on 'Lost.' I was 17 when I started, and I did it for four or five years, on and off.
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I saw myself as a teacher's pet but with a little of Ed Haskell mixed in. I was the teacher's pet, but that didn't mean that I was trying to pull one over.
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I always tell people this: to be a savvy politician or a good head of state and to be charitable are not mutually exclusive things.
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Most people who go to Rajasthan go to Udaipur, Jodhpur or Jaipur.
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Man, I'm the No. 1 living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix.
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Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
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Behold, whiles she before the altar stands, Hearing the holy priest that to her speakes, And blesseth her with his two happy hands.
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I can't bear to think of life without Janice. I want to go first because I don't want to miss her, because that would be a pain far worse than any death.
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I was asked by an editor to consider writing something about an American inventor. I asked him if he knew who invented the computer. He said he didn't. In that case, I told him, I should write a book about John Vincent Atanasoff.
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I think the worst thing that's happened to sports is 'sources say.'
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It's estimated that one million girls in India 'disappear' every year.
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I remember my first show was a live TV show in Ireland, and I was just petrified. It was horrific.
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Selling music doesn't make that much money.
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In order to govern, you have to win.
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When you suddenly become successful, the change is enormous, both financially and in terms of recognition and the way people treat you. I found that hard to deal with. I got very guilty about it, and I think I put up obstacles to prevent myself enjoying it.
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'Gogglebox' is a show where you watch people watch television.
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I don't listen to a ton of rock music.
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I was raised Christian; I was raised in the South where everybody's raised Christian, but at this point, I'm 41 years old, and I've been an atheist, at this point, a little more than half my life.
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One good thing about leaving daily journalism was that I was no longer obliged to read all the book prize short lists.
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You know, in some ways conducting is counter-intuitive. It's like winter driving in Finland - if you skid, the natural reaction is to fight with the wheel and jam on the brakes, which is the quickest way to get killed. What you have to do is let go, and the car will right itself. It's the same when an orchestra loses its ensemble. You have to resist the temptation to semaphore, and let the orchestra find its own way back to the pulse.
