Simon Rattle Quotes
Yes, I was a weird duck, no doubt.
Service, Tom. "Simon Rattle: 'I was a weird duck, no doubt'." The Guardian, 9 Jan. 2016.
Begala was trying to persuade the President to take a vacation. He told Clinton that if he did not take a vacation that people would think he was weird.
Sir Simon Denis Rattle OM CBE is a British conductor. He rose to international prominence during the 1980s and 1990s, while music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (1980–1998). Rattle was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic from 2002 to 2018. He is currently music director of the London Symphony Orchestra, since September 2017. Rattle is also the patron of Birmingham Schools' Symphony Orchestra, arranged during his tenure with CBSO in mid 1990s. The Youth Orchestra is now under the auspices of charitable business Services for Education.
