Quotes by Gustavo Dudamel

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 didnt understand it at first, but then I fell in love, in love, in love.

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.

People say that having three orchestras is a crazy life, but its better because you have three families. I want to have my own kids very soon. In future, I still want to conduct a lot, but less, to be with my family.

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

Its not that people dont like classical music. Its that they dont have the chance to understand and to experience it.

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