Andris Nelsons Quotes

I was a pop freak. I love music. Of course, I knew soul because I grew up in it. Writing it and everything. I love soul. But I love a tune that has some meat in it. Something I could hang my hat on. Because music is universal. Therefore, I felt no boundaries.

The world's most famous and popular language is music.

It does just boil down to music.

I've always said that music is like literature.

My only passion is music.

I have two brothers that are musicians. My older brother, Yuval, is a saxophone player. My younger brother, Avishai, is a trumpet player.

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

No matter how long you play rock n roll songs might change just as the balls are there, the rock balls. And that's what's important to us.

My first engagement with any art was music.

Music is real; it's something you can touch and feel.

Music had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am.

My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.

Sling your guitar to wherever you're going, and you'll be amazed by the connective power of music: It knows no boundaries, cultures or class.

I play mostly guitar, and I played drums in my brother's band for a while growing up.

I play piano and guitar and I do write my own stuff so to a certain extent I know what I want to do in regards to music. But I'm still finding out what kind of music is my favourite kind to listen to, never mind do myself so I've got a lot of time to find out myself and develop myself as an artist.

Music is universal; it's healing.

To me, music is music, and it's not limited by the medium; it just encompasses everything.

Music is a reservoir... of sounds.

I think musically.

I do see music as complete refuge. It's a universal home, complete common ground between everyone; it comes from a place that has no nation and no boundaries around it.

The world of classical music is so fascinating. It's a world that encompasses people from everywhere and erases the basic restraints of nationality; everyone is united by this common language of music.

I believe that musical instruments are created because they are supposed to be played. There's not an instrument that's been designed to not be playable - it kind of defeats the point.

In music, there is no country; there is no time.

I have learned that music comes in all shapes and sizes.

Music is, of course, a universal emotional experience, cutting across cultures and languages. I studied piano for ten years as a child and consider that experience one of the most valuable in my life.