Eberhard Weber Quotes

• I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.

  Eberhard Weber

  Play, Musician, Bass

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• When I think back now to the recording sessions, there is more improvisation than one hears. It's an ideal combination of arrangements and improvisation. Only a few people are able to listen and say what is composed and what is improvised. It's a unit.

  Eberhard Weber

  Thinking, People, Able

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• It's better to finish at the peak or soon after it, than to wait until the audience notices a decline.

  Eberhard Weber

  Aggravation, Waiting, Decline

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• When I started to pick up the bass, it was purely by random chance.

  Eberhard Weber

  Random Chance, Bass, Chance

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• I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people.

  Eberhard Weber

  Music, People, Sound

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• There are always some doubts when you do a new album though. You wonder whether you succeeded or not, especially when you waited as long as I did for this one - seven years. You're never really sure if it will be a nice record or not.

  Eberhard Weber

  Nice, Years, Long

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• On the other hand, I'm very tolerant as well. I expect that everybody can play what they want. I'm only not tolerant when it comes to myself and what is presented on my album that I have to listen to for the rest of my life.

  Eberhard Weber

  Hands, Play, Albums

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• It is probably very necessary to present your ego at some point.

  Eberhard Weber

  Ego

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• The way to compose for me is to have lots of time.

  Eberhard Weber

  Way

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• If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not guaranteed. To make a record without a musical reason, you have to either be a pop star who sells automatically or just be lucky.

  Eberhard Weber

  Stars, Thinking, Musical

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• As a result, I had to get my own playground which was my band Colours. This band lasted for about eight years and then the air was out of it and it was time to finish.

  Eberhard Weber

  Eight, Air, Years

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• Whenever I release a record, it's my record. It's not a selfish thought. I may work all year 'round for other people. So, finally, when I come out with my own album, it should be me with the creative help of other musicians.

  Eberhard Weber

  Selfish, Years, People

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• In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found that the majority of musicians couldn't bear that. They are not used to listening to the bass because they think the bass is in the background to support them.

  Eberhard Weber

  Thinking, Play, Support

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• On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships.

  Eberhard Weber

  Hands, People, Giving

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• I am a classical music lover - not necessarily the contemporary stuff, but the old stuff.

  Eberhard Weber

  Music, Stuff, Lovers

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• The problem is that I don't want to add another record to the world that is not necessary to be published, except to make some business. There has to be a musical reason.

  Eberhard Weber

  Business, Musical, Add

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• I played cello in my high school orchestra.

  Eberhard Weber

  School, High School, Orchestra

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