I grew up listening to - it's kind of embarrassing - all classical music. — Caroline Shaw Copy Share Image
Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
My goal is to bring jazz and classical music to my generation through a more accessible road. — Laufey Copy Share Image
Classical music has been based on works people love and come back to for aural comfort. — Leila Josefowicz Copy Share Image
If classical music is the state of the art, then the arts are in a sad state — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
Life, like classical music, is full of difficult passages that are conquered as much through endurance and determination as through any particular… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
Classical music is far from boring - it has all the blood, energy, the sinister dark side, rhythm that rock music has,… — Yuja Wang Copy Share Image
In western classical music with an orchestra, you focus the orchestra on melodies and harmony. In African music, the biggest focus is… — Ludwig Goransson Copy Share Image
I like to get away from noise, although I will play noisy music in my car to keep myself awake. But my… — Chuck Panozzo Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular opinion, classical music does not have to be enjoyed amid exclusive circles, there need not be any snobbishness attached… — Andre Rieu Copy Share Image
I've worked with some great orchestras and amazing classical musicians, but I don't like the conceptualization of classical music as an elitist… — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
I have no doubt that there are great people about though... the thing of it is, nothing to this day moves me… — Gary Lucas Copy Share Image
From the spiritual came the blues, gospel, and rhythm-and-blues. I heard all of that music growing up, and that has influenced how… — Kathleen Battle Copy Share Image
I would like for people to not be stuck by the rules of what is expected of a classical musician. If you… — Charlie Albright Copy Share Image
If you ever ask me what my all-time dream character is, my answer will be Mia Tansen, the great composer-musician in Hindustani… — Jackie Shroff Copy Share Image
Why a musician loves playing jazz or classical music or what makes them happy, and why an artist likes to paint -… — Elisabeth Moss Copy Share Image
“I am best served in my life’s goals if I lay in the dark, brood, sleep, listen to classical music, spend time… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
Generally, we tend to believe that royalty is only for mainstream Hindi commercial cinema music and maybe some popular ghazal singer or… — Javed Akhtar Copy Share Image
As far as using electronics in my music, I have to do that as honestly as possible. Also, I have a broad… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I used to do that a lot: I would hear a part of a song that would really… — King Krule Copy Share Image
For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
Ever since we got married, my wife has tried to change me. She got me to stop drinking, smoking and running around… — Mark Copy Share Image
Virgil Thomson, the great classical music critic, who was also a composer, but said that criticism was the only antidote he knew… — Terry Teachout Copy Share Image
“In every field, even the most eminent creators typically produce a large quantity of work that’s technically sound but considered unremarkable by… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“Can you please also give me instructions for dancing?” “Excuse me?” “I need instructions for dancing. Like how do I move my… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share Image
I basically love classical music. I love a lot of musicians playing together and the whole culture of that whether it's Indian… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
I hate Christmas. Everything is designed for families, romance, warmth, emotion and presents, and if you have no boyfriend, no money, your… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
The way you hold the bow, the way that violinists are trained to produce a note, is really different. I'm not an… — Bruce Molsky Copy Share Image
“You both love Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, Hawthorne and Melville, Flaubert and Stendahl, but at that stage of your life you cannot stomach… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
