James Galway Quotes

• You cannot prepare enough for anything.

  James Galway

• You can sightread better if you know your scales and arpeggios.

  James Galway

• Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes.

  James Galway

• The mind of the performer is a very strange thing.

  James Galway

• Scales played in the correct musical way are very exciting and rewarding.

  James Galway

• Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.

  James Galway

• Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you can get from it on this new day which has been granted you.

  James Galway

• It is normal to be nervous

  James Galway

• I think it is most important for a teacher to play the pieces and studies that are being played by the student.

  James Galway

• I have to report to those of you who think diamonds make a difference that I cannot tell what it is. Seriously, as you all know, they make no difference at all. They just make the flute look a little more special.

  James Galway

• I have never received a flute from them for free and I would not accept such a gift from any manufacturer.

  James Galway

• I do not see scales as abstract.

  James Galway

• I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying.

  James Galway

• Everyone who plays the flute should learn singing.

  James Galway

• Control of vibrato helps your musical expression.

  James Galway

• Being unprepared heightens nerves.

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James Galway (16)

Birth:	8th December, 1939
Nationality:	Irish
Profession:	Flautist

About

Sir James Galway was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is an Irish Flautist, nicknamed "The Man With the Golden Flute". He subsequently went to London to study the flute at the Royal College of Music under John Francis and then at the Guildhall School of Music under Geoffrey Gilbert. He then studied at the Paris Conservatoire. He has played with Sadler's Wells Opera, Covent Garden Opera, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He auditioned for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Herbert von Karajan, and was principal flute of that orchestra from 1969 to 1975. In June 2008, he was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame along with Liza Minnelli and B. B. King. He received the 2014 Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award.

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