Leila Josefowicz famous quotes

I think humor is important for all of us, and a great comedian is a great treasure.
-- Leila Josefowicz

#Thinking #Comedian #Important

When the music is physically demanding, I want to make sure that the effort involved is put across to the audience through physical gesture.
-- Leila Josefowicz

#Effort #Gestures #Want

People, of all ages, are far more open than you might think to being moved in new ways.
-- Leila Josefowicz

#Thinking #People #Age

My goal would be trying to bring some light to the world, which is often a dark and violent place.
-- Leila Josefowicz

#Dark #Light #Goal

It's nice not to have the majority of the attention on me like there is when playing a concerto with an orchestra.
-- Leila Josefowicz

#Nice #Majority #Attention

If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting.
-- Leila Josefowicz

#Add #Done #Violin

Classical music has been based on works people love and come back to for aural comfort.
-- Leila Josefowicz

#People #Comfort #Classical Music

I guess really what my goal is is just to enlarge the violin repertoire.
-- Leila Josefowicz

#Goal #Violin

I suppose that's why new music and I go well together, because new music often requires maintaining great rhythm.
-- Leila Josefowicz

#Together #Maintaining #Rhythm

You're playing serious music, and you want to be taken seriously. When they get my age wrong on the program, I wish they'd make me older.
-- Leila Josefowicz

#Taken #Wish #Age