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Richard Strauss quotes: The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.

The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.

Richard Strauss quotes: He'd be better off shoveling snow.

He'd be better off shoveling snow.

Richard Strauss quotes: Never look at the trombones, you'll just encourage them.

Never look at the trombones, you'll just encourage them.

Richard Strauss quotes: Bear in mind that you are not making music for your own pleasure, but for the pleasure of your audience.

Bear in mind that you are not making music for your own pleasure, but for the pleasure of your audience.

Richard Strauss quotes: If you think that the brass is not blowing loud enough, mute it by a couple of degrees.

If you think that the brass is not blowing loud enough, mute it by a couple of degrees.

Richard Strauss quotes: On conducting: If you can just barely hear the French horns on stage, the balance is perfect.

On conducting: If you can just barely hear the French horns on stage, the balance is perfect.

Richard Strauss quotes: Never let the horns and woodwinds out of your sight; if you can hear them at all, they are too loud.

Never let the horns and woodwinds out of your sight; if you can hear them at all, they are too loud.

Richard Strauss quotes: I shall never be converted, and I shall remain true to my old religion of the classics until my life's end.

I shall never be converted, and I shall remain true to my old religion of the classics until my life's end.

Richard Strauss quotes: Don't perspire while conducting - only the audience should get warm.

Don't perspire while conducting - only the audience should get warm.

Richard Strauss quotes: Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them.

Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them.

Richard Strauss quotes: Must one become seventy years old to recognize that one's greatest strength lies in creating musical kitsch?

Must one become seventy years old to recognize that one's greatest strength lies in creating musical kitsch?

Richard Strauss quotes: The aria, after all, is the soul of opera.

The aria, after all, is the soul of opera.

Richard Strauss quotes: Never look at the brass - it only encourages them.

Never look at the brass - it only encourages them.

Richard Strauss quotes: I want to be able to depict in music a glass of beer so accurately that every listener can tell whether it is a Pilsner or a Kulmbacher.

I want to be able to depict in music a glass of beer so accurately that every listener can tell whether it is a Pilsner or a Kulmbacher.

Richard Strauss quotes: Ideas, like young wine, should be put in storage and taken up again only after they have been allowed to ferment and to ripen.

Ideas, like young wine, should be put in storage and taken up again only after they have been allowed to ferment and to ripen.

Richard Strauss quotes: Never look encouragingly at the brass, except with a brief glance to give an important cue.

Never look encouragingly at the brass, except with a brief glance to give an important cue.

Richard Strauss quotes: I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.

I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.