Charles Hazlewood Quotes

For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind of betrayal.

I hate playing the piano! And it's so hard to fight for Beethoven's soul! But that's what I have to do!

[As a conductor] there has to be, between me and the orchestra, an unshakable bond of trust, born out of mutual respect, through which we can spin a musical narrative that we all believe in.

All roads for me lead back to Mozart. In his tragically short life, he breathed new life, fire and meaning into every form of music that existed in his time.

Music is a lens through which to see who we are. Every phrase of every piece of music is trying to tell a story.