On horseback you feel as if you're moving in time to classical music; a camel seems to progress to the beat of… — Walter Moers Copy Share Image
In contrast, traditional classical music starts from an abstract musical schema. This is then notated and only expressed in concrete sound as… — Pierre Schaeffer Copy Share Image
When I listen to music today, it is about 99 percent classical. I rarely even listen to folk music, the music of… — Tom Glazer Copy Share Image
I don't think you can mix classical music and reggae. It's not possible. But some producer in, like, Norway is going to… — B.o.B Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I found my tribe of artists - people who were outspoken and not afraid to say what they thought,… — Cote de Pablo Copy Share Image
“Art doesn’t give rise to anything in us that isn’t already there. It simply stirs our curious consciousness and sparks a fire… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in popular culture. I hate Quentin Tarantino. I rarely go to movies. I hate rock 'n' roll. I work.… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
My whole life has been in classical music, I've been trained to become the best musician possible, play the piece the best,… — Laufey Copy Share Image
'The Shining' is operatic and sensational and... really shocking. It has this amazing meld of classical music and modern interpretations of classical… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
I was introduced to classical music by my grandparents - my parents were mostly into folk and jazz. Even as a young… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
In Western classical music the idea of holiness, purity, perfection, and total beauty is expressed through clarity of sound - a bell-like… — Justin Adams Copy Share Image
I understand that in people's eyes, classical music is kind of a lost and dying art, but in my eyes, it's like,… — Owen Pallett Copy Share Image
Being a classical musician I'm fascinated with how my colleagues, not just singers, but every musician finds ways to express something else… — Thomas Hampson Copy Share Image
My whole childhood was filled with classical music and going to concerts of the New York Philharmonic and other New York ensembles… — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
On one hand you have a string quartet, which is not a symphony. On the other hand is you have me sampling… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
In the ballet studio, it was such an organized and disciplined environment, like I'd never had in my life. Seeing myself in… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
The realm of classical music is so vast - not only in terms of style but of era, age and the purposes… — David Finckel Copy Share Image
“History's greatest composers world be rolling in their graves if they knew that their beautiful compositions were reduced to distorted hold music.” — Michael P. Naughton Copy Share Image
Classical music fulfills for me the function of narrative. I spend 90 minutes a day listening to symphonic music - Beethoven to… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
“There was that sound again--snap, then a footfall. She tried to whirl around as a dark form--Dear God--sprang with a splash from… — Kaye George Copy Share Image
I look at raising funds for The Perlman Music Program as a challenge and as a way to provide opportunities for people… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
I used to sing classical music to the flowers in the garden and imagine they were all different parts of the orchestra.… — Joe Lycett Copy Share Image
I love classical music. Yes, I was in a conservatory when I was younger and played guitar and all that stuff, so… — Matt Schulze Copy Share Image
I loved 'Fantasia' as a kid because it filled me with wonder, enchantment and awe. It was my first real introduction into… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
Classical music is a genre of music. It's no more complex or less complex than pop music or R&B. The elitism is… — Theo Hutchcraft Copy Share Image
I used to like to set different film clips to classical music, not even my own songs, but make little movies. — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
“Classical music is not really my thing, and I know absolutely nothing about it. If you told me you saw Brendel play… — David Rosenfelt Copy Share Image
I first started playing the violin at 6. And then at 7, it was piano. So from then it was just classical… — Henry Lau Copy Share Image
Its a small community, the classical music community, along with the excitement of new places and new things and this feeling of… — Joshua Roman Copy Share Image
I got a classical piano training when I was little, and we also had music study lessons where we'd have to listen… — Kerli Copy Share Image
I have been exposed to different kinds of Marathi and Hindi music, classical music, and English songs since childhood. — Urmila Matondkar Copy Share Image
It's a small community, the classical music community, along with the excitement of new places and new things and this feeling of… — Joshua Roman Copy Share Image
Our audience, it has been a more difficult process for classical music audiences around the world, and I'm not completely certain why. — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
Because in classical music cello is not regarded as a popular choice, it's always playing the long, boring notes. — Luka Sulic Copy Share Image
It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music. — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
I love dancing to the radio every morning, to start the day with such passion. Otherwise, life is too sad. My little… — Anna Mouglalis Copy Share Image
When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I grew up partially with classical music but listened to a lot of rock when I was young - I like acoustic,… — Ludovico Einaudi Copy Share Image
Being a classical musician, you're doing many things anyway. One day you're doing Bach concerto and the next you're doing some avant-garde… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
Jazz is not the popular culture. Jazz is in the same position in our culture as classical music. A very small minority… — John Corigliano Copy Share Image
