Claude Debussy was a rare phenomenon a composer profoundly and subversively revolutionary. — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
Erik Satie does not say the opposite of Debussy; he says the same thing only the other way round. — Jose Bergamin 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
The score of Pelleas and Melisande by Debussy, heralds that which will lift man from the earthly to the celestial, from the… — Corinne Heline Copy Share Image
We all shared an admiration of Debussy both as a musician and as sort of an icon for the 20th century. It… — Anne Dudley Copy Share Image
No two composers were more totally at home in front of the piano than Debussy and Chopin, hands to keys to strings… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow. — Toru Takemitsu Copy Share Image
For Debussy the musician and the man I have had profound admiration, but by nature I'm different from him. I think I… — Maurice Ravel Copy Share Image
Debussy is one of the few composers who actually created a new sound on the piano - or perhaps we should say… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven or Brahms. But… — Kurt Masur Copy Share Image
“When Debussy was seeming to get nowhere with an opera he was composing, he put it this way: "I spent my days… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I love Italian opera - it's so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and his averted… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
And now, in honour of the 150th anniversary of Beethoven's death, I would like to play 'Clear the Saloon', er, 'Clair de… — Victor Borge Copy Share Image
When Claude Debussy studied at the Paris Conservatory from age ten to age twenty-two, many considered him a rebel because of his… — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
Claude Debussy defined the guitar as an expressive harpsicord. I believe that is the best definition ever given of the Spanish guitar.… — Joaquin Rodrigo Copy Share Image
What is a seemingly conservative Englishman doing, leading the world in the mastery of a classically Spanish instrument? Debussy wrote some of… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
For me, playing music while I write is important. Several of the romantic scenes in 'Paris' were written with Debussy's 'String Quartet,'… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
When asked by a grumpily puzzled professor what "rules" he followed, Debussy is said to have retorted, mon plaisir "whatever I please"… — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
I am a classical fan. I like Debussy a lot, so I was trying to learn it on the piano. I've learned… — Charlie Day Copy Share Image
Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
