Gustavo Dudamel quotes

My relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra brought me many times to London and I will always reflect positively on that early period of development with them - their patience, their warmth, their dedication.

A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and I put on the CD expecting to listen to Tchaikovsky. But it started 'ta ta ta taaa.' It was too long for me. I didn't understand it at first, but then I fell in love, in love, in love.

It's not that people don't like classical music. It's that they don't have the chance to understand and to experience it.

It's not that people don't like classical music. It's that they don't have the chance to understand and to experience it.

I love to travel, but sometimes it's nice to stay in one place.

We have to go and show these people what classical music is. We say sometimes that classical music has a small audience, but it's because people don't have the chance to be closer to it.

In my imagination yes, I remember, when I was six years old, I was conducting all this concert in my house. But now it's real.

Going to a concert can sometimes be very difficult. It can be a long journey. There's the ticket prices. But when the music goes to the community - not the community coming to the concert - they say, 'Wow! I didn't know that this music was so amazing!'

It's not that people don't like classical music. It's that they don't have the chance to understand and to experience it.