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" Music goes beyond nationalities - it's a language which you can understand in any country. "

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" I think it's very important to be part of the Boston society and the people who live in Boston. "

" I can't say I'd like to concentrate on one particular composer. I'm looking forward to doing a variety. "

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" Music is such an important part of society, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra offers such great quality, and we just want to share it. "

" All of us in the field must remain constantly vigilant and fight against all types of inappropriate and hurtful behavior and continue the essential work of creating a fair and safe work environment for all classical musicians. "

" I think 'Rheingold' has symbolic meaning of what happens in the world when you're running after the Rhine gold, after the gold. It doesn't end very well. It's kind of a reminder of the values of life, and I think 'The Ring,' in a way, is kind of a prediction of Wagner of what would happen in the world. "

" When you have a great car, you want people to see the car. "

" Every week we have a concert, what we are performing is my favorite music in the world. "

" People talk very much about, 'What can we do with the orchestra in the 21st century?' We should think about the 21st century, of course. "

" I know that Boston is one of the great centers of intellectual culture as well as sport. It's one of the centers of America, with a great orchestra, great sports, great hospitals, and great universities. "

" The excitement you can get in classical concert is as big, in a different sense, as you can get when you go to the ice hockey or baseball game. "

" Music is a universal thing with no boundaries, whether you play inside or outside. "

" It might be expensive to make music lessons available. But it's even more costly to deal with human beings who have half their intellect and spirit left undeveloped. "

" You have a great result if the orchestra trusts the conductor, and the conductor trusts the orchestra. "

" I'm thankful to Deutsche Grammophon, our partners - we are going to record the complete Shostakovich symphonies and hopefully some other things as well. "

" Conducting is about communication. You don't play any notes, but you communicate with the musicians. "

" For me, the main goal is loving music and experiencing the great music-making with the orchestra, which is the great reason why I conduct, and that is the main goal. "

" I'm very proud of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. "

" As a trumpet player, I was playing Xenakis, Lindberg: very challenging, technical, atonal, and I enjoyed it. "

" I want to take the great tradition of the orchestra within me, to take what the orchestra offers. "

" Music is something you can't really put in terms like in a sport, like running or football - that you win if you score more. In music, there's nothing like that. "

" When I was younger, I wanted very much to play football. "

" As for my relationship to Beethoven, I admire people who can say what they really think. It's as though he's saying, 'That's how I feel about the world, and I don't care what people may say.' His music is pure and honest. Beethoven never pretends to be anybody else. "

" It's a dream to be its conductor. Sometimes I think, 'My God, I can't believe it.' It's a dream which came true. "

" I think music can change your life. "