English - Musician | January 19, 1955 -
My worst and best qualities are rashness: the good part of it is due to youth, which is, of course, why I'm not a great conductor.
Simon Rattle
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If you think the music business is the be-all and end-all of life, you're in big trouble.
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As an older dad you can certainly get down on the floor. The problem is can you get up again?
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Learning music is a birthright. And you have to start young.
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Oh Lord... I don't really do pride.
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I am old enough to remember the enormous fight over Tate Modern. It is such a part of our cultural landscape now, we forget the opposition to it.
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In England, unless I am mistaken, I think some of the politicians who love classical music and opera are a bit loath to be seen there in case people think it is elitist. That is a real shame because it also means we are not allowing our politicians a hinterland that an earlier generation, a Denis Healey, would have taken for granted.
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I was thrilled that Sadiq Khan was so in support of the idea of culture being at the centre of a city and the idea that it is everyone's right. It can't be a matter of privilege or chance. It should be something everyone can have in their life, and that means knowing what it is.
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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.
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I've always loved French music. My parents adored it; my father played it on the piano.
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Germans have an understanding of history and cannot allow themselves to forget it. It may be a curse, but in some ways, it's a blessing. It makes them cautious.
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American economists can't understand the German fear of inflation and the effects of inflation when dealing with the world economic crisis. They wonder why Germany pursues such a different course - 'Why can't they agree with us?' I would have thought it was fairly obvious.
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