Classical Quotes · Page 2

I'm a conservative classical writer.

— Peter Handke

I listen mostly to classical music.

— Alexandra Fuller

I studied classical music in high school.

— Lauren Ambrose

It's almost died, classical dance.

— Sergei Polunin

Classical ballet will never die.

— Ninette de Valois

I have an issue with classical music.

— David Baddiel

Indian classical music is in my blood.

— Jeet Gannguli

The classical music world is so snobbish.

— Andre Rieu

Classical music has been based on works people love and come back to for aural comfort.

— Leila Josefowicz

If classical music is the state of the art, then the arts are in a sad state

— Frank Zappa

The soundtrack for 'Mr. Fraud' is classical with a decent level of fusion.

— Gopi Sundar

Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like.

— Joan Armatrading

Men who listen to classical music tend not to spit.

— Rita Rudner

First of all, we have to go back to the classical time control

— Anatoly Karpov

For me, it's classical music I started with and I admire Jacqueline du Pre.

— Kevin Olusola

When you learn Indian classical music, sometimes it takes decades to perfect a raga.

— Richa Chadha

I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either.

— Agnes Obel

Classical music is something that we're very passionate about, but we always thought it was presented in a stuffy way.

— Aleksey Igudesman

I grew up listening to a lot of classic jazz, and stuff like The Beatles, and old Motown stuff, and a lot…

— Alison Sudol

I think the classical music is on a dangerous downward slope, because it's not seeking strong enough resonance with its society.

— Laurence Equilbey

Liquid helium belongs to a class of fluids known as quantum fluids, as distinct from classical fluids.

— David Lee

It's wonderful doing concerts in places like New York and London, but I feel a responsibility to also bring my work home,…

— Charles Hazlewood

I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it's very, very classical, and in some ways I'm breaking lots of…

— Neil Gaiman

I fell in love with funk music through my father - Funkadelic - as well as soul and classical early on.

— Miguel

Although in society in general, the idea of an Irish composer of 'classical music', or whatever you want to call it, is…

— John Kinsella

I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music - I got…

— Marianne Faithfull

There has been 32 isms since the advent of cubism, yet after all there are essentially the same two old strings, the…

— Mark Tobey

A lot of people ask how I ended up doing classical music given that I'm in a rock band. The truth is…

— Bryce Dessner

Of course we had the best possible classical education, which gave us a very strong foundation and tradition. But we also learned…

— Luka Sulic

A lot of people may not know how competitive it is to play classical music, because when you think about it, the…

— Jamie Foxx

Although my music is electronic, it has a lot of influences from my past, which is all sorts of genres; I've been…

— Zedd

I've always been a lover of classical music ever since I was an early teenager I suppose. I remember the very first…

— George Brandis

I started playing classical music, and I still do. I think music ultimately is kind of on a theoretical level, is about…

— Eldar Djangirov

“I found a brief piece of by Antonio Vivaldi around this time which became my ‘Pinhead Mood Music’. Called Al Santo Sepolcro…

— Doug Bradley

Normally classical music is set up so you have professionals on a stage and a bunch of audience - it's us versus…

— David Lang

I love classical jazz.

— SZA

I enjoy classical dancing and working out.

— Esha Deol

I was born out of classical music.

— Mika

I'm a classical Christian.

— Bill Bright

I played classical as a kid.

— John Legend