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My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized.

— Martin Short

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

My parents loved classical music. And my father adored Mozart. But for some reason, I always had a reaction against it.

— Simon McBurney

On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships.

— Eberhard Weber

And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor.

— Kurt Masur

You know, a lot of people are loath to go to an orchestral concert because they are intimidated by the thought.

— Anthony Daniels

My mom and I were super tight. I think she really wanted me to be an artist, you know? She used to like to tell people she wanted to be Beethoven's mother. That was her thing. She wanted to be the mother of this person.

— Harry Connick, Jr.

I would never have become music director of the Chicago Symphony, which would have been an extremely sad loss.

— Georg Solti

When I composed, I heard my music played by the orchestra within days of completion of the score. No master at a conservatory, no matter how revered, can teach as much by verbal criticism as can a cold and analytical hearing of one's own music being played.

— Andre Previn

Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.

— Questlove

✗Opposing Perspectives

Genetically, I have tons of musical background in my life. My mother's father was a famous Weimar-era composer, Ernst Toch. My father's mother was the head of the Vienna Conservatory's piano department. It all canceled out in my case. I'm completely hopeless in music.

— Lawrence Weschler

There were definitely bands and musicians I liked that drove my mother insane. I probably liked them all the more for it! Bjork drove my mom nuts. What I listened to was actually pretty mom-friendly for the most part. I wasn't very rebellious.

— Gillian Jacobs