13 Quotes by Edward Gardner

When he got the ball, he hit the hole. He either went left or right; he never let anyone hit him head-on. You can't coach that. You can't teach that.

As a conductor I find the hardest tasks are to listen to the instinct of a musician and to hear the music behind the notes.

It's not what you take but what you leave behind that defines greatness.

If we would just support each other -- that's ninety percent of the problem.

He's a fighter. The family is trying to stay calm.

He was ready to play again. Good for us, bad for the Fire Department.

This (opera) has got that, but it's got a huge range of other amazing lyrical moments, for the chorus, the orchestra and the soloists. It's the variety of the music in it that is almost the hardest thing about (conducting) it,

Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding he sings.

This is a way for his memory to be honored and have a presence in the movie.