Eugene Ormandy Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Eugene Ormandy:
I wrote it the right way, so it was copied the wrong way right. I mean the right way wrong.
~Eugene Ormandy
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During the rests - pray.
~Eugene Ormandy
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I told him he'd have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer.
~Eugene Ormandy
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The notes are right, but if I listened they would be wrong.
~Eugene Ormandy
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It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.
~Eugene Ormandy
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Tonight I'm going to listen with my ears.
~Eugene Ormandy
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I can conduct better than I count.
~Eugene Ormandy
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Let me explain what I do here. I don't want to confuse you any more than absolutely necessary.
~Eugene Ormandy
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I'm one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. I'm just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play.
~Eugene Ormandy
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It's hot as hell as can be.
~Eugene Ormandy
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Beauty is less important than quality.
~Eugene Ormandy
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With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife.
~Eugene Ormandy
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If you don't have it in your part, leave it out, because there is enough missing already.
~Eugene Ormandy
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Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?
~Eugene Ormandy
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I don't mean to make you nervous, but unfortunately I have to.
~Eugene Ormandy
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It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible.
~Eugene Ormandy
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Death is an awful thing. I don't believe in it myself.
~Eugene Ormandy
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Even when you are not playing you are holding me back.
~Eugene Ormandy
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There is a shadow on every page.
~Eugene Ormandy
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I never say what I mean, but I always manage to say something similar.
~Eugene Ormandy
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It is not together, but the ensemble is perfect.
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