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Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes

They are representations of many shared hours of collaboration between us all. That’s the real nature of the relationship the orchestra and I are trying to build Picture Quote #1

But still as compared to many, many orchestras in the world, I think you find a lot more new music and living composers on our programs than many other places Picture Quote #1

But without the experience of actually singing or playing these things yourself, you don’t have the same kind of involvement or understanding of what these musical moves mean. And that is a very big problem in addressing the future of music Picture Quote #1

But you know in the contemporary art world, you pose a very interesting conundrum. All sorts of people collect very contemporary art, yet when it comes to the music which is analogous to that sort of art, they are not interested, or perhaps even hostile Picture Quote #1

It’s kind of scary sometimes, I’ve seen this a lot in Asia. Children are given music lessons, very intensively I might add and involving great technical expertise sometimes, but you can tell that they have been told only to play happy pleasant music Picture Quote #1

The big difference between human happiness and sadness? Thirty-seven freakin’ vibrations Picture Quote #1

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You can’t have Bach, Mozart and Beethoven as your favorite composers. They simply define what music is! Picture Quote #1

Thank God for movie music. It preserves the rich vocabulary in classical music through challenging times Picture Quote #1

And at the same time, you are of course a performer, but it’s very important that you understand that your role as a performer is to get the best performance from those wonderful colleagues that you have the chance to work with Picture Quote #1

Classical music is an unbroken, living tradition that goes back over 1,000 years, and every one of those years has had something unique and powerful to say to us about what it’s like to be alive Picture Quote #1

And what classical music does best and must always do more, is to show this kind of transformation of moods, to show a very wide psychological voyage. And I think that’s something that we as classical musicians have underestimated Picture Quote #1

I think music needs to be presented in a way so that kids can grasp songs, dances, simple music that’s associated with some particular defining moment in human experience Picture Quote #1

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I can’t do pieces I only admire technically. I have to feel some direct contact with them Picture Quote #1

A conundrum of music is that music brings people together, yet to become a skilled musician involves a certain amount of lonely time in which you’re just figuring it out, practicing Picture Quote #1

The world changes when there’s music in it Picture Quote #1

What happens when the music stops? Where does it go? Picture Quote #1

If you’re alive, you have all the experience necessary to understand classical music Picture Quote #1

Extreme volume in music very often disguises a lack of actually important content Picture Quote #1

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If we are able to get inside the music and inhabit it convincingly enough, it will cause everyone to find each other in this new psychological space. and that’s most exciting Picture Quote #1

But those musics do not address the larger kind of architecture in time that classical music does, whatever each one of us knows that classical music must mean Picture Quote #1

In earlier times, so many people sang much more. You know as a kid you’d go to some kind of religious training and or summer camp or whatever it was and you’d learn to sing a lot of songs Picture Quote #1

But if I can be convinced and then through the work that we do together, the orchestra can really be convinced of the big sweep of that communication that the piece suggests, then the audience will get it and it will be a good experience for all of us Picture Quote #1

I can’t do pieces I only admire technically. I have to feel some direct contact with them Picture Quote #1

Earlier in my life, I performed a lot of music. Some of it because I felt it was a demonstration, or a representation of certain intellectual concepts that were very exciting and important Picture Quote #1

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And at the same time, you are of course a performer, but it’s very important that you understand that your role as a performer is to get the best performance from those wonderful colleagues that you have the chance to work with Picture Quote #1

A conundrum of music is that music brings people together, yet to become a skilled musician involves a certain amount of lonely time in which you’re just figuring it out, practicing Picture Quote #1

When I was a kid, three years old, I couldn’t walk by the piano without reaching up and trying to play a few notes on it. There are kids who are just drawn to listening to music and dancing to it and trying to conduct Picture Quote #1

Part of my mission is simply that: to bring the world of the arts, particularly classical music, closer to people so they don’t feel that it is something remote that they have to specially prepare themselves for, or dress up for Picture Quote #1

The way you survive in the performing arts is by having a sense of your audience, and doing things which entertain and satisfy the audience, but in a more important way, cause the audience to question many things Picture Quote #1

Classical music is an unbroken, living tradition that goes back over 1,000 years, and every one of those years has had something unique and powerful to say to us about what it’s like to be alive Picture Quote #1

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They are representations of many shared hours of collaboration between us all. That’s the real nature of the relationship the orchestra and I are trying to build. (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) But still as compared to many, many orchestras in the world, I think you find a lot more new music and living composers on our programs than many other places (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) But without the experience of actually singing or playing these things yourself, you don’t have the same kind of involvement or understanding of what these musical moves mean. And that is a very big problem in addressing the future of music (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) But you know in the contemporary art world, you pose a very interesting conundrum. All sorts of people collect very contemporary art, yet when it comes to the music which is analogous to that sort of art, they are not interested, or perhaps even hostile (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) It’s kind of scary sometimes, I’ve seen this a lot in Asia. Children are given music lessons, very intensively I might add and involving great technical expertise sometimes, but you can tell that they have been told only to play happy pleasant music (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) The big difference between human happiness and sadness? Thirty-seven freakin’ vibrations (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) You can’t have Bach, Mozart and Beethoven as your favorite composers. They simply define what music is! (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) Thank God for movie music. It preserves the rich vocabulary in classical music through challenging times (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) And at the same time, you are of course a performer, but it’s very important that you understand that your role as a performer is to get the best performance from those wonderful colleagues that you have the chance to work with. (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) Classical music is an unbroken, living tradition that goes back over 1,000 years, and every one of those years has had something unique and powerful to say to us about what it’s like to be alive. (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) And what classical music does best and must always do more, is to show this kind of transformation of moods, to show a very wide psychological voyage. And I think that’s something that we as classical musicians have underestimated. (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) I think music needs to be presented in a way so that kids can grasp songs, dances, simple music that’s associated with some particular defining moment in human experience. (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) I can’t do pieces I only admire technically. I have to feel some direct contact with them. (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) A conundrum of music is that music brings people together, yet to become a skilled musician involves a certain amount of lonely time in which you’re just figuring it out, practicing. (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) The world changes when there’s music in it (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) What happens when the music stops? Where does it go? (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) If you’re alive, you have all the experience necessary to understand classical music (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) Extreme volume in music very often disguises a lack of actually important content (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) If we are able to get inside the music and inhabit it convincingly enough, it will cause everyone to find each other in this new psychological space. and that’s most exciting (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) But those musics do not address the larger kind of architecture in time that classical music does, whatever each one of us knows that classical music must mean (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) In earlier times, so many people sang much more. You know as a kid you’d go to some kind of religious training and or summer camp or whatever it was and you’d learn to sing a lot of songs (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) But if I can be convinced and then through the work that we do together, the orchestra can really be convinced of the big sweep of that communication that the piece suggests, then the audience will get it and it will be a good experience for all of us (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) I can’t do pieces I only admire technically. I have to feel some direct contact with them (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) Earlier in my life, I performed a lot of music. Some of it because I felt it was a demonstration, or a representation of certain intellectual concepts that were very exciting and important (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) And at the same time, you are of course a performer, but it’s very important that you understand that your role as a performer is to get the best performance from those wonderful colleagues that you have the chance to work with (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) A conundrum of music is that music brings people together, yet to become a skilled musician involves a certain amount of lonely time in which you’re just figuring it out, practicing (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) When I was a kid, three years old, I couldn’t walk by the piano without reaching up and trying to play a few notes on it. There are kids who are just drawn to listening to music and dancing to it and trying to conduct (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) Part of my mission is simply that: to bring the world of the arts, particularly classical music, closer to people so they don’t feel that it is something remote that they have to specially prepare themselves for, or dress up for (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) The way you survive in the performing arts is by having a sense of your audience, and doing things which entertain and satisfy the audience, but in a more important way, cause the audience to question many things (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes) Classical music is an unbroken, living tradition that goes back over 1,000 years, and every one of those years has had something unique and powerful to say to us about what it’s like to be alive (Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes)

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