James Levine Quotes & Sayings

38 most famous James Levine quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's an 81 year old American musician born on Jun 23, 1943.

“I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment.”

“Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it.”

“But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.”

“A lot of people get impatient with the pace of change.”

“Second, if you're the boss, just because they don't ask doesn't mean your employees don't have needs.”

“More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I'm still amazed at the number who aren't and where the cultural norm sort of kicks in and they just assume that mom's got to be the one who stays home, not dad.”

“Employee fathers need to step up to the plate and put their family needs on the table.”

“I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest.”

“It was just that we had this phenomenal honeymoon relationship that just kept on going.”

“Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out.”