Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“But those musics do not address the larger kind of architecture in time that classical music does, whatever each one of us knows that classical music must mean.”

“But without the experience of actually singing or playing these things yourself, you don't have the same kind of involvement or understanding of what these musical moves mean. And that is a very big problem in addressing the future of music.”

“They are representations of many shared hours of collaboration between us all. That's the real nature of the relationship the orchestra and I are trying to build.”

“When I first was conducting as guest conductor in Europe 25 years ago, I would propose doing American pieces and grudgingly it would be accepted from time to time.”