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"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."

"If I had the choice, I would sing only love songs."

"Music made me kinder. Music made me a lover."
Explore more quotes by Esa-Pekka Salonen

"There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will."
Will,

"With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard."

"Anyone who composes and conducts at the same time is immediately suspect, because he must be faking one or the other."
Time,

"There is more openness in LA to possibilities than on the East Coast of America. There is a pioneering spirit there that stems from the reason people went out there in the first place-to find something new."

"The sound was my greatest concern. There were certain difficulties getting used to the way every musician can hear his or herself, the way each of them relates to the musician in the next seat."
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