Simon Rattle Quotations

Everybody who witnessed the premiere of the dance was deeply moved by the experience and many of themincluding myselfhad tears in their eyes when we saw the energy and honesty as well as the unbelievable brilliance and discipline of the young dancers.

The situation is catastrophic. I can see the hopeless situation of the city... this cultural dismantling is an incredible shame for Berlin.

Culture and, within culture, music are the best and most fascinating thing that the German capital has to offer internationally. It is putting that at risk.

If anyone has conducted a Beethoven performance, and then doesn't have to go to an osteopath, then there's something wrong.

I can’t imagine what my school friends must have thought was going on because I was wandering around in some kind of dream. I felt as though my insides had been taken out which is, I now realize, the right feeling.