Best Orchestra Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“Since my father's death, a lot of people have made it clear that they're not ready to give up the music. For me, it's a big, fat gift. I get to sing with a big orchestra and get to sing orchestrations that will never be old.”

“No technology comes close to the effect of a live symphony orchestra.”

“If anything, when I was young, I wanted to be an orchestra.”

“It's so important which musicians we choose for being in the orchestra.”

“What a gift it would be if every child in the country could hear a professional orchestra at least once.”

“In 'Secret Life of Pets,' it's a huge orchestra - really, really big.”

“People talk very much about, 'What can we do with the orchestra in the 21st century?' We should think about the 21st century, of course.”

“I miss singing with an orchestra because that's the most uplifting thing that I ever knew. It is just such a fabulous feeling.”

“I love working with an orchestra, but there are many ways to make music.”

“My father will go see Trans-Siberian Orchestra every single year. I mean, he's completely into it.”

“When working with an orchestra, you never spend more than 20 minutes per recording session.”

“When I first wrote for orchestra, I didn't realize, when you have 20 people playing a violin line, that is very different than one person playing that line.”

“Not everybody gets to record with an orchestra, and not everybody that gets to record with an orchestra gets to write all their own stuff.”

“In or orchestra we have many nationalities, types, and temperaments.”

“When facing symphonic orchestras which have played some works five thousands times, you have nothing to do.”

“I played in orchestras all through high school and taught myself how to play guitar.”

“Over the years, I've loved being on stage with an orchestra, waving my hands around.”

“Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.”

“I think the preservation of orchestras and what they do is worth expending all the ways there are to reach out to people who might not otherwise go.”

“It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.”

“You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.”

“There's not an orchestra in the world that doesn't have weaknesses. None of us can play everything well. The repertoire is just too big.”

“Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.”

“I recorded the song live in front of an orchestra, and yes, I was very moved, I was in tears.”

“I do read everything that we publish. We usually have to have two or three votes for a book before we take it on. So in that sense I suppose it is an orchestra.”

“Every orchestra has its own sound.”

“For an artist, there's nothing better than working with an orchestra.”

“The New York Philharmonic is a tremendous opportunity, a great orchestra.”

“I can go in front of an orchestra. I can go in front of an audience. But if you see me walking through an audience in the reception or through a lot of people, I'm still shy.”

“Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality.”

“In many ways, I think about the possibility that there could still be a Yes in 100 or 200 years from now, just like a live symphony orchestra.”

“Playing in an orchestra is where I learned the most about music.”

“I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.”

“To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.”

“I have sat in with the Burbank Philharmonic and the Topanga Orchestra when they need someone if someone gets sick or something.”

“It's a wonderful thing to play with symphony orchestras - I've played with many - but it's really special in Israel because you have so many great musicians.”

“Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market.”

“I studied with Seymour Rosenfeld, who was first trumpeter of the Philadelphia Orchestra.”

“To me, my guitar has always been my orchestra.”

“If you listen - and I don't, usually - to my first two records, I sound like a baby surrounded by a beautiful orchestra. I sound so tiny and small.”

“Whenever I listen to a children's orchestra, I learn. They feel everything, they enjoy everything, they have amazing energy.”

“We had a normal childhood. I played baseball, and we played violin in orchestras three times a week. I learned more from that than anything else.”

“You can only learn orchestration if you have the possibility of using an orchestra.”

“An orchestra can add some class, a historical vibe, but I believe you can get the same emotion from pottery wheels.”