Marvin Hamlisch Quotes

Many, many years ago, I was one of the few conductors who talked to the audience and now a lot of classical conductors have figured it out… otherwise, you just get the back of someone’s head playing music you could hear on a CD. It’s not enough anymore.

My whole thing is not just to play music for people, but to make them part of the evening.

I’m not one of those people who says, ‘I never read reviews,’ because I don’t believe those people.

I can make a song up about anything: garbage, the weather, things in the news.

From the time I could play the piano, I remember trying to write tunes. They were in my head, and I would just sit down and start noodling. Next thing I knew, I had written a melody.