Quotes from Eugene Ormandy

I don't mean to make you nervous, but unfortunately I have to.

That's the way Stravinsky was. Bup, bup, bup, bup. The poor guy's dead now. Play it legato.

During the rests - pray.

I can see none of you are smugglers; that's why it's so loud.

It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.

Who is sitting in that empty chair?

The notes are right, but if I listened they would be wrong.

Why do you always start after my beat then rush to catch up? Do you want us to stay behind?

I wrote it the right way, so it was copied the wrong way right. I mean the right way wrong.

Tonight I'm going to listen with my ears.

We do not know when he is coming. He is coming tomorrow.

I know this music from memory, not from the music.

I always feel I do it too slow, but then others do it faster.

There is a number missing. I can see it.

It has no rhythm, but it will because it's so much faster.

Yes, the mutes are already on. You took them off in the beginning.

We have to play it longer because there are no numbers or letters.

I was trying to help you, so I was beating wrong.

Without him here, it is impossible to know how fast he will play it, approximately.

I am thinking it right but beating it wrong.

Let's start at 35 because I don't know where it is.

This is one bar you should take home.

I need one more bass less.

Long note? Yes. Make it seem short.