Herbert von Karajan Quote

If I tell the Berliners to step forward, they do it. If I tell the Viennese to step forward, they do it, but then they ask why.


On why he preferred conducting the Berlin Philharmonic to the Vienna Philharmonic. The Sunday Times, 30 January 1983.


If I tell the Berliners to step forward, they do it. If I tell the Viennese to step forward, they do it, but then they ask why.

If I tell the Berliners to step forward, they do it. If I tell the Viennese to step forward, they do it, but then they ask why.

If I tell the Berliners to step forward, they do it. If I tell the Viennese to step forward, they do it, but then they ask why.

If I tell the Berliners to step forward, they do it. If I tell the Viennese to step forward, they do it, but then they ask why.