“In fact the hardest part is trying to forget music when I'm not conducting it.”

— Lorin Maazel

As quoted in BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28287217

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“In fact the hardest part is trying to forget music when I'm not conducting it.”

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