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Conductors start getting good when everybody else retires.
Simon Rattle -
Conductors make too much fuss about conductors! Humility and hard work are virtues. We're nothing without our musicians.
Simon Rattle
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Always the journey, never the destination.
Simon Rattle -
Beethoven was always too much. He's not slightly anything - he's very everything.
Simon Rattle -
'Career' is not a musical term.
Simon Rattle -
If you think the music business is the be-all and end-all of life, you're in big trouble.
Simon Rattle -
What really counts isn't whether your instrument is Baroque or modern: it's your mindset.
Simon Rattle -
I've always had a profound conviction that great music is about joy, even in the face of tragedy.
Simon Rattle