“I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will like this; it's written in Scots.' But my dad said: 'I can't read that.' He was reading James Bond and John le Carre. That was part of what attracted me to crime - the idea of getting a wide audience.” FirstsSaidI CanIdeasHomeReadingNovelAudienceWrittenCrimeDadMy DadWideBusConductorScots Author:Ian Rankin
“A great conductor possesses that certain charisma and talent that demand the ears and the attention of an audience. I can't tell you how that happens, but I'm sure it has an inner basis that is never learned.” I CanHappensCertainAttentionAudienceTalentDemandEarsBasesCharismaConductor Author:Isaac Stern
“Perhaps the chief requirement of [the conductor] is that he be humble before the composer; that he never interpose himself between the music and the audience; that all his efforts, however strenuous or glamorous, be made in the service of the composer's meaning - the music itself, which, after all, is the whole reason for the conductor's existence.” MadeReasonWholeEffortExistenceAudienceHumbleChiefsComposerRequirementsGlamorousBe HumbleConductor Author:Leonard Bernstein