“Of course, we also have to play in concert halls. This is our dream wh...” — Gustavo Dudamel Quote

Of course, we also have to play in concert halls. This is our dream when you are a musician - to play in a good, comfortable hall with a wonderful acoustic.

With an orchestra you are building citizens, better citizens for the community.

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

You learn a lot about each other from a tour, musically and humanly.

It's a physical challenge. It's a spiritual challenge. I'm studying almost every day a different symphony, not returning to any one for a week.

I did a smaller gig with an acoustic guitar and a drum machine. In one song, something wrong happened with the drum machine. I tried to cover up the mistake by playing faster and improvising a new song but it became crazy, and I had to admit it was all a mess.

I love bluegrass music, I love acoustic music, and I try at the right times to push that a little bit.

I started on acoustic guitar after I heard Leadbelly and Big Bill Broonzy.

There were bars that began to have acoustic musicians play, it was 1970: Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, America, The Eagles, all that kind of stuff was popular. It was very easy for me to just kind of move in and be noticed.