Andris Nelsons Quotes
As for my relationship to Beethoven, I admire people who can say what they really think. It's as though he's saying, 'That's how I feel about the world, and I don't care what people may say.' His music is pure and honest. Beethoven never pretends to be anybody else.
Quotes to Explore
-
There was no relationship between a wedding dress and fashion. There was no good taste, either. I realized that I could make an impression in terms of changing and readdressing the whole industry of bridal.
-
When I'm on stage, I know exactly where I am. It's not an ego thing or anything like that, but I am more in my body and aware of myself and aware of what I'm doing, and I feel more from that, from sharing the music.
-
It's very important for cities all around the world to reinvent themselves, and Glasgow is a good example of that. The Scots are very nice. I don't think they are burdened by their history.
-
I listen to crazy, robust rock music where they sing their faces off, and soul music, which can be similar.
-
Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
-
I love talking to people, hearing people's stories; I love honest things.
-
I'm in this band to give volume to various struggles throughout the world. To me, the tension in this band is a minimal sacrifice.
-
A lot of people have the misconception that, as a Muslim woman, I am somehow against women wearing bikinis. No, I want women to feel comfortable and confident in whatever they wear.
-
When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love.
-
The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.
-
People said I couldn't gig, and I proved them wrong.
-
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
-
Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace and quiet and good tilled earth: a well-ordered and well-farmed countryside was their favourite haunt.
-
If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit.
-
The magazine, the daytime show, we've always tried to write affordable, accessible. Those are key words for us, and I do mean us, a huge staff of people at the magazine who love to cook affordable, friendly food that helps families eat better for less.
-
I had a great conversation with Tom Waits, of all people.
-
I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
-
People can defame anyone they like, people can write anything they like. But non-accountability is a part of modern Indian culture.
-
The most common reason we stumble into the delusion of powerlessness is that we're afraid of what other people would do or say or feel if we were to act as we wanted.
-
The world is content with setting right the surface of things.
-
My mother was always deeply attracted to anything medical, and I think she would have loved me to have been a doctor. My father was in the army for 21 years, came out just before I was born. There was no history of showbusiness on either side of the family, but they were completely supportive.
-
Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness.
-
The music business is very hard on women over 22. You really have to prove yourself every time you make a record. Are you as vibrant as you used to be? Are you as sexy? So I really want to prove that a woman in her 30s can be all those things and more.
-
As for my relationship to Beethoven, I admire people who can say what they really think. It's as though he's saying, 'That's how I feel about the world, and I don't care what people may say.' His music is pure and honest. Beethoven never pretends to be anybody else.
