Eugene Ormandy famous quotes

Beauty is less important than quality.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Beauty #Important #Quality

I conduct faster so you can see my beat.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra #Beats

I cannot give it to you, so try to watch me.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Giving #Trying

I was trying to help you, so I was beating wrong.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Trying #Orchestra

I am thinking it right but beating it wrong.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Thinking #Orchestra

I told him he'd have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Heart #Years

The next movement is still in the factory.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Movement #Orchestra

Think of your girlfriend or boyfriend or whomever you want to.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Girlfriend #Thinking

Suddenly I was in the right tempo - but it wasn't.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra #Tempo

Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Trying #Orchestra

Don't ever follow me, because I am difficult.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra #Follow Me

It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra #Difficult

I'm conducting slowly because I don't know the tempo.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra #Conducting

Who is sitting in that empty chair?
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Sitting #Orchestra

Thank you for your cooperation and vice versa.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Vices #Orchestra

Tonight I'm going to listen with my ears.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Tonight #Ears

I can conduct better than I count.
-- Eugene Ormandy

At every concert I've sensed a certain insecurity about the tempo. It's clearly marked 80...uh, 69.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Insecurity #Concerts #Certain

Death is an awful thing. I don't believe in it myself.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Believe #Awful

It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Principles #Wells

I never say what I mean, but I always manage to say something similar.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Mean #Manage

Intonation is important, especially when it is cold.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Important #Cold

Im one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. Im just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Boys #Play #Lasts

If you don't have it in your part, leave it out, because there is enough missing already.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Missing You #Missing #Enough

Even when you are not playing you are holding me back.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Holding On

Congratulations to each and every one of you for the concert last night in New York and vice versa.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #New York #Congratulations

Write it down in your own handwriting.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Writing #Handwriting

Let's start at 35 because I don't know where it is.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra

More basses, because you are so far away.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra #Bass

I need one more bass less.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Needs #Orchestra

Bizet was a very young man when he composed this symphony, so play it softly.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Men #Play

Muti is going to do the Alpine Symphony this year. He will do it well because it is not very well known.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Years #Symphony

Why do you always start after my beat then rush to catch up? Do you want us to stay behind?
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra #Want

Yes, the mutes are already on. You took them off in the beginning.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra

That was perfect. It was just the opposite from what I said yesterday.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Opposites #Yesterday

There is a number missing. I can see it.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Numbers #Missing

Long note? Yes. Make it seem short.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Long #Orchestra

Brass, stay down all summer.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Summer #Orchestra

Accelerando means in tempo. Don't rush.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Mean #Orchestra

I don't mean to make you nervous, but unfortunately I have to.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Mean #Orchestra

Let me explain what I do here. I don't want to confuse you any more than absolutely necessary.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra #Want

Serkin was so sick he almost died for three days.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Sick #Orchestra

That's the way Stravinsky was. Bup, bup, bup, bup. The poor guy's dead now. Play it legato.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Play #Guy

Mahler wrote it as the third movement of his Fourth Symphony. I mean the fourth movement of his First Symphony. We play it third. The trumpet solo will be played by our solo trumpet player. It's named 'Blumine,' which has something to do with flowers.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Flower #Mean

With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Men #Wife

Without him here, it is impossible to know how fast he will play it, approximately.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Play #Orchestra

Please follow me because I have to follow him and he isn't here.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra #Follow Me

We can't hear the balance yet because the soloist is still on the airplane.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Airplane #Balance

It's difficult to remember when you haven't played it before.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra #Remember

I always feel I do it too slow, but then others do it faster.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra #Faster

I know this music from memory, not from the music.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Memories #Orchestra

That's the way it was every time I studied it.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra #Way

Something went wrong. It was correct when I studied it.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra

This is one bar you should take home.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Home #Bars

After two minutes after this time, and I am already there.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Two #Orchestra

Did you play? It sounded very good.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Play #Orchestra

Start at B. Yes. No. Yes. No.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra

Start three bars before something.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Three #Bars

Someone came too sooner.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra

It is not together, but the ensemble is perfect.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Perfect #Together

I wrote it the right way, so it was copied the wrong way right. I mean the right way wrong.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Mean #Orchestra

There was confusion since I stood here 35 years ago.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Years #Confusion

During the rests - pray.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra #Praying

He was listening so I don't remember.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Listening #Orchestra

Don't think you are looking at me because you are not.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Thinking #Orchestra

We have to play it longer because there are no numbers or letters.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Play #Numbers

We do not know when he is coming. He is coming tomorrow.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra #Tomorrow

I can see none of you are smugglers; that's why it's so loud.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra #Smugglers

It's so legato it's difficult to splice. Sibelius was famous for that.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra #Difficult

Watch me closely - only one can spoil it.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Watches #Orchestra

It's hot as hell as can be.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Hot #Orchestra

I don't get into politics, general or musical, but just call me if you get jury duty. Even in New Jersey I was able to help somebody.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Musical #Orchestra

It has no rhythm, but it will because it's so much faster.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Orchestra #Faster

The notes are right, but if I listened they would be wrong.
-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny #Would Be #Orchestra