One of the most extraordinary and all-encompassing forms of communication is music. It reaches places that all kinds of other things cannot reach. I'll put my cards on the table: I think it is our greatest language. Simon Rattle More Quotes by Simon Rattle More Quotes From Simon Rattle I can’t imagine what my school friends must have thought was going on because I was wandering around in some kind of dream. I felt as though my insides had been taken out which is, I now realize, the right feeling. Simon Rattle taken dream school If anyone has conducted a Beethoven performance, and then doesn't have to go to an osteopath, then there's something wrong. Simon Rattle composer piano music Culture and, within culture, music are the best and most fascinating thing that the German capital has to offer internationally. It is putting that at risk. Simon Rattle offers risk culture Always the journey, never the destination. Simon Rattle never always destination journey What really counts isn't whether your instrument is Baroque or modern: it's your mindset. Simon Rattle instrument your modern mindset Orchestras are like people. They're the sonic embodiment of their community. Simon Rattle like embodiment community people Learning music is a birthright. And you have to start young. Simon Rattle start you learning music I think we will find more and more ways in which technology invades our artistic spaces, so music is something you will need more than ever because it is there in time and in space and for that moment only. Simon Rattle moment music technology time I love Mozart, but I often make a terrible hash of it. Simon Rattle make i-love terrible love Conductors start getting good when everybody else retires. Simon Rattle everybody-else start everybody good Yes, I was a weird duck, no doubt. Simon Rattle duck weird yes doubt Passionate musicians only come from passionate five-year-olds. Simon Rattle musicians come only passionate I think Beethoven means dissonances to be more stressed than consonances - it's the shock tactician in him. Simon Rattle i-think more think stressed My worst and best qualities are rashness: the good part of it is due to youth, which is, of course, why I'm not a great conductor. Simon Rattle best great good youth If you think the music business is the be-all and end-all of life, you're in big trouble. Simon Rattle you music business life As an older dad you can certainly get down on the floor. The problem is can you get up again? Simon Rattle down you dad problem Conductors make too much fuss about conductors! Humility and hard work are virtues. We're nothing without our musicians. Simon Rattle nothing hard-work humility work Oh Lord... I don't really do pride. Simon Rattle oh really pride lord I am old enough to remember the enormous fight over Tate Modern. It is such a part of our cultural landscape now, we forget the opposition to it. Simon Rattle i-am fight forget remember In England, unless I am mistaken, I think some of the politicians who love classical music and opera are a bit loath to be seen there in case people think it is elitist. That is a real shame because it also means we are not allowing our politicians a hinterland that an earlier generation, a Denis Healey, would have taken for granted. Simon Rattle i-am music love people
