“Some of my favorite music in the world is Haydn. I had a sabbatical on...” — Simon Rattle Quote

“Some of my favorite music in the world is Haydn. I had a sabbatical one year and made myself one promise: to play a different Haydn piano sonata each day - they are inexhaustible treasures.”

“If you think the music business is the be-all and end-all of life, you're in big trouble.”

“I think we will find more and more ways in which technology invades our artistic spaces, so music is something you will need more than ever because it is there in time and in space and for that moment only.”

“My long-term goal is to get as high as possible in the rankings, and to improve my game each day. If I am able to do that, my ranking should get better and better.”

“Maybe I'm funny but I look forward to getting to work each day.”

“Prayer is simply talking to God like a friend and should be the easiest thing we do each day.”