Maazel Lorin Quotes

#1. To be passionate in today's world is not politically correct ... Nowadays we are supposed to cope. This was not Mahler's problem. He saw it, he heard it, and he expressed it. He was a kaleidoscopic, Olympian figure.

Lorin Maazel

#2. In this world, there's even room for quality.

Lorin Maazel

#3. We are bound by the secrets we share.

Zoe Heller

#4. In these confused times, the role of classical music is at the very core of the struggle to reassert cultural and ethical values that have always characterized our country and for which we have traditionally been honored and respected outside our shores.

Lorin Maazel

#5. I was a virgin."
"Only because he saw you first.

Tiffany Reisz

#6. The Beethoven Experience provided the opportunity to solidify the relationship between the Orchestra and me, the Orchestra and me and the public, between all of us and the city of New York, because Beethoven after all is a really amazing point of reference.

Lorin Maazel

#7. Most of us who become experimental physicists do so for two reasons; we love the tools of physics because to us they have intrinsic beauty, and we dream of finding new secrets of nature as important and as exciting as those uncovered by our scientific heroes.

Luis Walter Alvarez

#8. As you get older, the assumption is you get wiser. I try to earn it by not staying still, not resting on laurels. A lot of people in other professions are retired at my age. I care about music more than ever.

Lorin Maazel

#9. Avoid greed and fear. These are the investor's Achilles heels. Keeping all your money in the bank earning 3% interest is just as foolish as dumping your entire savings into the market thinking you'll make a quick buck.

Nancy Dunnan

#10. And part of growin' up is learnin' to see the world through other men's eyes.

William Martin

#11. People will have MP3s of every Miles Davis' record but never think of hearing any of them twice in a row - there's just too much to get through.

Jonny Greenwood

#12. Cell phones, mobile e-mail, and all the other cool and slick gadgets can cause massive losses in our creative output and overall productivity.

Robin S. Sharma

#13. I think I infuse the music with a new passion. Part of this is because I have fallen in love: I am in love with the New York Philharmonic. The chemistry has just been right. Beyond expectation.

Lorin Maazel

#14. What our profession is all about is interacting with people.

Lorin Maazel