When we're at the end of The Rite of Spring or of a Bruckner symphony, I want people to feel the music physically. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes bruckner end feel
I'm still disturbed if a chord isn't together, but your priorities change as you get older. Esa-Pekka Salonen changechorddisturb Change image and share on social
The Northern idea of form is more of a process. The various units of the form overlap. You can't tell where some things stop and new things start. This is typical of Sibelius. Esa-Pekka Salonen formideanorthern Change image and share on social
After working with Ligeti I began to hear Brahms and Beethoven differently. Esa-Pekka Salonen beethovenbeginbrahm Change image and share on social
You make your first album, you make some money, and you feel like you still have to show face, like 'I still go to the projects.' I'm like, why? Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out. You grew up there. What makes you think it's so cool? Jay-Z albumcoolface share on social
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle. Mike Tyson beginbookcycle Change image and share on social
I don't like to hurry. I'm not a conductor of the fast, fiery romantic type. I prefer Bruckner, with the sincerity of his musical language and the huge time spans in which his ideas develop, to Mahler, with his hysteria and self-indulgence. Jeffrey Tate brucknerconductordevelop share on social