Gustavo Dudamel Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and I put on the CD expecting to listen to Tchaikovsky. But it started 'ta ta ta taaa.' It was too long for me. I didn't understand it at first, but then I fell in love, in love, in love.”

“I wanted to play my violin and have my musical expression through the instrument. But then I was really young when I had my first opportunity to conduct.”

“It's a small city where I have a lot of time to think. The orchestra and I have had a chance to connect very well in this time. I think of all the millions of people in Los Angles. There aren't that many millions of people in all of Sweden.”

“My relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra brought me many times to London and I will always reflect positively on that early period of development with them - their patience, their warmth, their dedication.”

“We have to go and show these people what classical music is. We say sometimes that classical music has a small audience, but it's because people don't have the chance to be closer to it.”

“Classical music in Venezuela is now something like a pop concert. You can see people screaming or crying because they don't have a ticket.”

“I have eaten very well in Los Angeles. Marvelously!”

“I live day by day.”

“I think that I need to learn a lot, a lot.”

“I want to work with the big orchestras. I want to have a big family.”