I suppose that when I started to play the lute it was fairly esoteric. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
I'm quite reflective - I listen to music, I read, I walk with Django. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
A violin is tuned to a fifth. But a guitar is tuned to a fourth with a one-third middle. It is very… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
The cult of the instrument is O.K. for people who are mad about the guitar. But I love music. The guitar is… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
My father started me off on the guitar, and we learned classical guitar together. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
I've always played a lot of Spanish music, but not as much as most guitarists do. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
I think that Bach has a very nice sound on the lute. But I find that what I want to do with… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
I was mostly self-taught on guitar and that had its benefits. It's a great thing to work through problems on your own. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
... hearing Andres Segovia in person was quite a revelation ... It was a knockout... — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
I learned mainly by listening to Andres Segovia and that was a great inspiration. And also the gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
Music has been my real solace. And that's why I play music. And that's why I'm so determined, or have been so… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
I love playing jazz because I love the freedom you have to improvise. It has given me a feeling in my classical… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
When I began playing the lute, in 1950 there were not too many lutenists around. I had to work hard, writing out… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
Some specialist guitar music is not of the highest intellectual calibre, so I must make it sound as though it is. If… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
Whatever it is, music should sound spontaneous, I've derived a great deal of pleasure from playing jazz and having the knowledge of… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
My own style on the guitar grew out of my experience with the lute. I suppose some people might say I play… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
My father played one of the first electric guitars in England. He built his own in 1940, because you couldn't buy them… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
It is difficult to understand the fortunes of an instrument. There was music written for the guitar until the mid-19th century. Then… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
If the orchestra's not enjoying itself, the concerto will not succeed, with the players confined to using half an inch of bow. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
The guitar speaks for me and it says things - hopefully - for everybody that I play for. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
You have to be serious, and you must have a constantly inquiring mind. But I find it's new music that really stretches… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
The lute I use has 10 courses and 19 strings, which is quite a lot of strings and a quite different fingerboard… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
I found I could speak through the guitar. Because you have the feel of the strings with both hands and it's up… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
In 1984, I was contacted by Michael Taylor, who had won a commission from a sponsor and decided he would like to paint a… — Julian Bream Copy Share
Ideally the performer has a special function. Which is to bring the listener to the edge of that experience and to open the doors… — Julian Bream Copy Share
A violin is tuned to a fifth. But a guitar is tuned to a fourth with a one-third middle. It is very perplexing to… — Julian Bream Copy Share
I found I could speak through the guitar. Because you have the feel of the strings with both hands and it's up against your… — Julian Bream Copy Share
Segovia was a Spaniard and it seemed natural that he should play the guitar. — Julian Bream Copy Share
Wanting to play the guitar was neither a wild dream nor a realistic ambition. It was simply inevitable. — Julian Bream Copy Share
Music has been my real solace. And that's why I play music. And that's why I'm so determined, or have been so determined to… — Julian Bream Copy Share
My father started me off on the guitar, and we learned classical guitar together. — Julian Bream Copy Share
The guitar speaks for me and it says things - hopefully - for everybody that I play for. — Julian Bream Copy Share
You have to be serious, and you must have a constantly inquiring mind. But I find it's new music that really stretches me, both… — Julian Bream Copy Share
Some specialist guitar music is not of the highest intellectual calibre, so I must make it sound as though it is. If it bores… — Julian Bream Copy Share
