Fight the tendency to become complacent and do one kind of music - that is the death of a musician.
Georg SoltiEveryone says you have to be a specialist, and if you conduct Wagner you cannot conduct Mozart - this is nonsense.
Georg SoltiAlthough both sides of my family were religious, I was never forced to practice the Jewish faith. I did not really rebel against it, but then, as today, I disliked organized religion. I have a strange inhibition about praying with others.
Georg SoltiI was born and trained to communicate music, just as the sons were born and trained to hunt, and I was lucky to have grown up in Hungary, a country that lives and breathes music-that has a passionate belief in the power of music as a celebration of life.
Georg SoltiI have a theory that there is something abnormal about children who like to practice instruments They are either geniuses or, more often, completely untalented. I certainly did not like to practice, and the teacher who hit me, and the view of the park, did not help to improve my attitude.
Georg Solti