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Andre Previn quotes: A Beethoven symphony should be rehearsed like chamber music, only for a lot more people.

A Beethoven symphony should be rehearsed like chamber music, only for a lot more people.

Andre Previn quotes: I found that jazz musicians, possibly more than their classical counterparts, wear long-standing friendships easily and gracefully.

I found that jazz musicians, possibly more than their classical counterparts, wear long-standing friendships easily and gracefully.

Andre Previn quotes: I have a great many shortcomings, but writing for something on time has never bothered me.

I have a great many shortcomings, but writing for something on time has never bothered me.

Andre Previn quotes: John Williams is, without question, talented. He writes very good scores and very good melodies and all that.

John Williams is, without question, talented. He writes very good scores and very good melodies and all that.

Andre Previn quotes: I don't write things that are wildly abstractly atonal.

I don't write things that are wildly abstractly atonal.

Andre Previn quotes: I'm on very good terms with all my former wives.

I'm on very good terms with all my former wives.

Andre Previn quotes: I run around so much that I finally reasoned that composing is the one musical endeavour which you can do anywhere, anytime.

I run around so much that I finally reasoned that composing is the one musical endeavour which you can do anywhere, anytime.

Andre Previn quotes: Elliott Carter does not write the kind of music that the kids go off to school whistling.

Elliott Carter does not write the kind of music that the kids go off to school whistling.

Andre Previn quotes: I've had the healthy and sobering experience of constantly working with music that is invariably better than any performance of it can be.

I've had the healthy and sobering experience of constantly working with music that is invariably better than any performance of it can be.

Andre Previn quotes: I don't even have a cell phone. I don't know how they work.

I don't even have a cell phone. I don't know how they work.

Andre Previn quotes: You can chase a Beethoven symphony all your life and never catch up.

You can chase a Beethoven symphony all your life and never catch up.

Andre Previn quotes: I finally wasn't interested in writing music that played while actors talked.

I finally wasn't interested in writing music that played while actors talked.

Andre Previn quotes: When you're working with music that is invariably better than you are, it's difficult to become swell-headed.

When you're working with music that is invariably better than you are, it's difficult to become swell-headed.

Andre Previn quotes: There are a million things in music I know nothing about. I just want to narrow down that figure.

There are a million things in music I know nothing about. I just want to narrow down that figure.

Andre Previn quotes: I admire Elliott Carter endlessly. But I have no ambitions to emulate him.

I admire Elliott Carter endlessly. But I have no ambitions to emulate him.