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When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet. -- Erich Leinsdorf
I would never have become music director of the Chicago Symphony, which would have been an extremely sad loss. -- Georg Solti
I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call each other any time. -- Zubin Mehta
The pastor of a parish will typically have no education in the chant or in music, and he will hire the first music director who walks through the door. -- Richard Morris
Working on a play is a vibrant and collaborative business. Everyone from the choreographer to the music director to the director to the writers work together toward the same goal, and everyone chimes in on everything. -- Trey Anastasio
Originally a record producer more or less hired a bunch of professionals to participate in a recording session, the performers and the technicians, and a music director was put in charge. That directly related to a film producer's job. -- Tony Visconti
A music director cannot and should not be chosen on the basis of a first date. It is not so difficult to make a good impression with a single appearance, usually containing some of a conductor's party pieces, works they have performed successfully many times before. -- Leonard Slatkin
When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.' My music director, who knew my jazz background, suggested I try big-band music, so we spent a year experimenting with it in concert, and the audience reaction was really good. -- John Tesh
I joined the Madras Christian College but dropped out after three months. Telugu music director Ramesh Naidu asked me to assist him, and I did so for over a year. I did think of rejoining college, but by then, I was discovering the musician in me. I worked with Illaya Raja and Raj Koti and soon shifted to commercials. This led to movie offers. -- A. R. Rahman
I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too. -- Carter Burwell
The record producer is the music world's equivalent of a film director. -- Phil Ramone
As a director, you can transform your vision more with the music. -- Fatih Ak?n
Music video played a huge role in developing my sensibility as a director. -- Tamra Davis
If you talk to any director, they'll say music is fifty percent of the movie. -- Hans Zimmer
When you're artistic director of a program, you present the music you want to present. -- Stanley Crouch
The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself. -- Taylor Hackford
[YSL creative director] Hedi [Slimane] is a music-obsessed guy. I might've originally met him through Sky. -- Zachary Cole Smith
A lot of the music editing job is communication and working out what a director really wants the music to be. -- Steven Price
Music is just one of the tools a director has with which to paint and I think it's one of the most effective. -- Todd Phillips
I almost became a music major, but somehow I was so enthralled with the camera and becoming a director that I stuck with film school and theatrics. -- James Brolin

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