Musical Performance Art Quotes

I know Pentatonix. I knew them before they were even a group.

I connect better with music when I see the people singing it.

There is no relationship between the gestures and what an orchestra will do.

I'd love to do something where I played a musician.

There's nothing better about being a musician than live performing.

I was actually the head of the violin after-school club. And then I was also the head of the dance club, the popping club. So one day, just by coincidence, we had to hold the two clubs at the same time. I had to go back and forth. And that's when the idea came up for dancing and playing violin at the same time.

And to understand this, I think this is a most important point where I would like always to be understood what we do with the New York Philharmonic. That the meaning of the music is number one.

I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect. There is something absurd about these gloomy young men getting together and banging away.

I didn't always enjoy playing music with the Trees.

The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure.

The way to do it is to put as much life into the song as I can. You can either get it to breathe or you can't.

I would love to make a really cool Spanish song, definitely.

I'm in a band. I'll do what I want.

I think of a piece of music as something that comes alive when it is being performed, and I feel that my role in the transmission of music is to be its best advocate at that moment.

I love movie musicals because I think there is an amount of emotional honesty that's needed to portray someone who feels so deeply that all they can do is break into song.

A conductor can do wild things which can feel forced, but if you're directing from within the orchestra, you can't do that, things have to feel natural.

I still see myself as the kid who plays accordion and tries to keep people happy for 45 minutes. And there's nothing wrong with that.

Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra - not choreography to the audience.

I am an interpreter of music rather than a composer of it.

I love using lots of different pedals in the studio because you have the time to experiment with sounds. But when you're singing, fronting a rock band, and playing, you don't really want to have to think about a lot of that stuff.

A studio is like a meditation room where music is created. And a live performance is the place where the creation of the studio is taken ahead. I love both.

It's awesome to play 1 1/2 -hour shows because it's so much fun, and we enjoy every single minute of it.

I love interpreting other people's music.

I don't even like doing drum solos live; to me, it's like, 'Ehhh.' It doesn't really interest me.

The song 'Hello There' was written because we never got a soundcheck. 'Hello There' was our soundcheck.