52 Quotes by Gustavo Dudamel

I live day by day.

Los Angeles is a very special city. It's a great ethnic mix, a great cultural mix.

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.

I love to read different books on completely different subjects at the same time. I cannot focus on one. I read a few pages of literature, then I jump to philosophy and at the same time I'm reading biographies of Mahler.

It's a physical challenge. It's a spiritual challenge. I'm studying almost every day a different symphony, not returning to any one for a week.

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

Whenever I listen to a children's orchestra, I learn. They feel everything, they enjoy everything, they have amazing energy.