'Pelleas et Melisande' is one of the saddest and most upsetting operas ever written. If you love the opera as I do, then you love it to pieces, obsessively. 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 takendreamschool If anyone has conducted a Beethoven performance, and then doesn't have to go to an osteopath, then there's something wrong. Simon Rattle composerpianomusic 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 offersriskculture Always the journey, never the destination. Simon Rattle neveralwaysdestinationjourney What really counts isn't whether your instrument is Baroque or modern: it's your mindset. Simon Rattle instrumentyourmodernmindset Orchestras are like people. They're the sonic embodiment of their community. Simon Rattle likeembodimentcommunitypeople Learning music is a birthright. And you have to start young. Simon Rattle startyoulearningmusic 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 momentmusictechnologytime I love Mozart, but I often make a terrible hash of it. Simon Rattle makei-loveterriblelove Conductors start getting good when everybody else retires. Simon Rattle everybody-elsestarteverybodygood Yes, I was a weird duck, no doubt. Simon Rattle duckweirdyesdoubt Passionate musicians only come from passionate five-year-olds. Simon Rattle musicianscomeonlypassionate I think Beethoven means dissonances to be more stressed than consonances - it's the shock tactician in him. Simon Rattle i-thinkmorethinkstressed 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 thinkcommunicationmusiclanguage 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 bestgreatgoodyouth If you think the music business is the be-all and end-all of life, you're in big trouble. Simon Rattle youmusicbusinesslife As an older dad you can certainly get down on the floor. The problem is can you get up again? Simon Rattle downyoudadproblem Conductors make too much fuss about conductors! Humility and hard work are virtues. We're nothing without our musicians. Simon Rattle nothinghard-workhumilitywork Oh Lord... I don't really do pride. Simon Rattle ohreallypridelord 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-amfightforgetremember
