Richard Strauss Quotes
Richard Strauss delivers blunt, tongue-in-cheek musings on orchestras and control, perfect for anyone craving a cheeky take on music.
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Never look at the Trombones, you'll only encourage them.
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I want to be able to depict in music a glass of beer so accurately that every listener can tell whether it is a Pilsner or a Kulmbacher.
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Never look at the trombones, you'll just encourage them.
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Never look at the brass - it only encourages them.
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The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but the most difficult to play.
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The aria, after all, is the soul of opera.
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don't perspire while conducting - only the audience should get warm.
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Must one become seventy years old to recognize that one's greatest strength lies in creating musical kitsch?
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He'd be better off shoveling snow.
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On conducting: If you can just barely hear the French horns on stage, the balance is perfect.
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I shall never be converted, and I shall remain true to my old religion of the classics until my life's end.
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Never let the horns and woodwinds out of your sight; if you can hear them at all, they are too loud.
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Ideas, like young wine, should be put in storage and taken up again only after they have been allowed to ferment and to ripen.