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Andre Previn Quotes
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I don’t even have a cell phone. I don’t know how they work. (Andre Previn Quotes)
I’m on very good terms with all my former wives (Andre Previn Quotes)
When I composed, I heard my music played by the orchestra within days of completion of the score. No master at a conservatory, no matter how revered, can teach as much by verbal criticism as can a cold and analytical hearing of one’s own music being played. (Andre Previn Quotes)
People who don’t do jazz think it’s black magic. But really, it’s just a matter of getting used to it. It’s fun to gamble. The trick is not to fall back on the things you’ve done before. (Andre Previn Quotes)
A Beethoven symphony should be rehearsed like chamber music, only for a lot more people (Andre Previn Quotes)
I found that jazz musicians, possibly more than their classical counterparts, wear long-standing friendships easily and gracefully. (Andre Previn Quotes)
John Williams is, without question, talented. He writes very good scores and very good melodies and all that. (Andre Previn Quotes)
I have a great many shortcomings, but writing for something on time has never bothered me (Andre Previn Quotes)
I admire Elliott Carter endlessly. But I have no ambitions to emulate him. (Andre Previn Quotes)
If you’re going to do good work, the work has to scare you (Andre Previn Quotes)
There are a million things in music I know nothing about. I just want to narrow down that figure (Andre Previn Quotes)