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We try to get the best performance out of the artists. There is no point in saying to them, 'You're useless.' Andrew Lloyd Webber

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If you look at my career... I couldn't possibly have chosen those subjects if I was thinking, 'That's a great commercial idea.' I'm not aware of a great musical where someone has done that. Andrew Lloyd Webber

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I was about 10, and I was supposed to be playing the piano at the school concert, and I got up in front of the whole school and said, 'I'm sorry. I'm changing the agenda. I want to play some songs I've written.' Andrew Lloyd Webber

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'The Phantom of the Opera' is about love. It's as simple as that. Andrew Lloyd Webber

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You never know what will happen. There is a thing called zeitgeist. You have to hit it. Andrew Lloyd Webber

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I remember, once I was going through Nice airport with Roger Moore, and these kids came up and asked for our autographs. Afterwards, Roger said, 'It must be very strange for you. I'm an actor, and signing autographs is part of what I do. But you're a public figure who people don't really know.' He was right. Andrew Lloyd Webber

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All of us in the field must remain constantly vigilant and fight against all types of inappropriate and hurtful behavior and continue the essential work of creating a fair and safe work environment for all classical musicians. Andris Nelsons

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I really think that the music is the food for our souls. Andris Nelsons

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Bernstein was everywhere - Vienna, London - and everyone admired him. Of course he loved Boston, and he did so many great things at Tanglewood. He was the best example of what a conductor should be. Andris Nelsons

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I want to take the great tradition of the orchestra within me, to take what the orchestra offers. Andris Nelsons

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As a trumpet player, I was playing Xenakis, Lindberg: very challenging, technical, atonal, and I enjoyed it. Andris Nelsons

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I think it's very important to be part of the Boston society and the people who live in Boston. Andris Nelsons

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The two most important things is, one, the music in my life, and the family. It's somehow connected because music is about human beings, about love, about hate, about everything that happens in life. Andris Nelsons

You could almost write an opera about the selection of music directors for orchestras. The intrigues are really interesting, and then, at the end, the results are completely unexpected. Andris Nelsons

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I'm sure the atmosphere at Tanglewood and the space there and nature - I think it absolutely fits Wagner's music. Andris Nelsons

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For one person, Haydn is most exciting. Or Bach is the most exciting. For another, it's Carter or Strauss. For me - and for any musician - all of the music is exciting. And if you don't approach it with excitement, we can't be musicians. Andris Nelsons

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Shostakovich was one of the great symphonists of all time, and maybe the last great symphonist. Andris Nelsons

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I think touring is an important part of the life of an orchestra. Not only sharing with other audiences, but bringing that sense of family that you get back home. The sense of growing deeper into the music, of making it all sound like chamber music - that comes from being together on tour. Andris Nelsons

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AWe musicians can influence, and are responsible to influence, human hearts when we perform. We have to touch them. Andris Nelsons

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It might be expensive to make music lessons available. But it's even more costly to deal with human beings who have half their intellect and spirit left undeveloped. Andris Nelsons

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