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I don't even have a cell phone. I don't know how they work.
Andre Previn
Work
Cell Phone
Phone
Know
How
Cell
Even
When I composed, I heard my music played by the orchestra within days of completion of the score. No master at a conservatory, no matter how revered, can teach as much by verbal criticism as can a cold and analytical hearing of one's own music being played.
Andre Previn
Music
Matter
Criticism
Master
Own
Cold
Conservatory
Analytical
Completion
Composed
Days
Within
Verbal
How
Revered
Heard
Hearing
Score
Orchestra
Being
Much
Teach
Played
I stuck around in Hollywood for too long. I was there a long time, and when I left, I was smart enough to realise that what I was leaving was not just the movie business. I wanted to get rid of the whole atmosphere.
Andre Previn
Time
Business
Smart
Long
Long Time
Too
Enough
Atmosphere
Stuck
Around
Leaving
Left
Get
Just
Movie
Wanted
Movie Business
Realise
Hollywood
Rid
Whole
I don't ever consciously change gears when I play jazz or classical. It's all music.
Andre Previn
Music
Change
Jazz
Gears
Classical
Ever
Play
I have a great many shortcomings, but writing for something on time has never bothered me.
Andre Previn
Time
Great
Me
Writing
Something
Bothered
Never
Shortcomings
Many
I don't write things that are wildly abstractly atonal.
Andre Previn
Wildly
Write
Things
I finally wasn't interested in writing music that played while actors talked.
Andre Previn
Music
Writing
Finally
Talked
While
Interested
Actor
Played
I've had the healthy and sobering experience of constantly working with music that is invariably better than any performance of it can be.
Andre Previn
Music
Experience
Better
Healthy
Constantly
Invariably
Had
Performance
Than
Any
Sobering
Working
I remain extraordinarily proud of the Vaughan Williams symphonies I recorded with the LSO, and in the 1980s and '90s, I made an almost complete cycle of orchestral works by Richard Strauss with the Vienna Philharmonic.
Andre Previn
Made
Philharmonic
Symphonies
Extraordinarily
Complete
Williams
Recorded
Remain
Almost
Proud
Orchestral
Richard
Vienna
Cycle
Works
The thing is that I'm naturally curious about a lot of different disciplines in music, and I enjoy doing them. And as long as people are nice enough to let me, I'll keep on trying.
Andre Previn
Music
Me
People
Long
Nice
Enjoy
Enough
About
Disciplines
Doing
Lot
Curious
Trying
Different
Them
Naturally
Keep
Thing
I used to set myself little challenges to make the work more interesting.
Andre Previn
Work
Myself
Challenges
More
Make
Interesting
Little
Used
Set
It was an away game, I think in Poland. I ate some chicken and had really bad salmonella.
Andre Schurrle
Game
Think
Ate
Bad
Some
Had
Poland
Chicken
Really
Away
Sometimes I forget, then suddenly I find myself thinking, 'God - I won the World Cup, didn't I?'
Andre Schurrle
God
Myself
World
Sometimes
Thinking
Find
Cup
Won
Forget
Then
Suddenly
World Cup
In England you get fitness from playing.
Andre Schurrle
Fitness
You
Get
England
Playing
I think I showed my qualities and the way I can play.
Andre Schurrle
Think
Way
Qualities
Play
Winning is what matters. It's the most important thing.
Andre Schurrle
Important
Matters
Winning
Most
Most Important Thing
Important Thing
The Most Important
Thing
There's no point in playing well and losing.
Andre Schurrle
Losing
No Point
Point
Well
Playing
When you speak about United, you speak about a big club and you know they have great players.
Andre Schurrle
Great
You
Speak
Big
Club
About
Know
United
Players
I think that the stiff competition for places is a positive thing.
Andre Schurrle
Positive
Competition
Think
Positive Thing
Stiff
Places
Thing
I always do my utmost both in training and during matches.
Andre Schurrle
Training
Both
Matches
Always
Utmost
I don't know why Mourinho didn't trust me.
Andre Schurrle
Me
Trust
Know
Trust Me
Why
Always give everything for the team, always chase the ball, never accept defeat.
Andre Schurrle
Defeat
Everything
Give
Chase
Never
Accept
Ball
Always
Team
Poldi can do much more than just play on the wing.
Andre Schurrle
Wing
More
Than
Just
Much
Play
I am Andre Schurrle and I don't compare myself to others.
Andre Schurrle
Myself
Others
Andre
Am
Compare
I definitely did not fail at Chelsea. I always had my chance, scored important goals in the first season. At the end I just wanted the transfer, although Jose Mourinho wanted me to stay.
Andre Schurrle
Me
Goals
First
Important
Definitely
Stay
Had
Fail
Although
Chelsea
Always
End
Did
Just
Wanted
Transfer
Season
Chance
I love Chelsea still. I'm not frustrated; it was a great experience.
Andre Schurrle
Love
Great
Experience
Great Experience
Chelsea
Still
Frustrated
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