Lately I've been listening to some classical music again…

My roots are in classical music and jazz, and I want the freedom of being able to improvise. This freedom is possible only in…

— Adnan Sami

“Listening to classical music. I thought it might be soothing, but it’s really irritating and has no proper tune.”

— Anonymous

I have such an eclectic taste. I like listening to classical music and pop music.

— Felicity Jones

I love listening to classical music.

— Katharine McPhee

Listening to classical music is a journey not a state; it's an activity not a meditation.

— Armando Iannucci

I wasn't listening to that much classical music - not much more than anything else. I was really lucky to have parents who loved…

— Cecile McLorin Salvant

I find that jazz loosens up the deep place of my mind, lets me find my own strange rhythms. Generally, I find the knottier…

— Paul Lynch

I sit around listening to classical music. I don't play video games. I love to go to dinner, go on picnics, travel.

— George A. Romero

I started listening to classical music when I was in my early teens. Prior to that, I listened to pop records or band records.

— Stephen Sondheim

I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I…

— John Fahey

I like to get away from noise, although I will play noisy music in my car to keep myself awake. But my ears need…

— Chuck Panozzo

I also like Western classical music and jazz.

— Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

I love singing jazz. I don't like the idea that classical music should be over here and jazz should be someplace else. It's all…

— Jessye Norman

I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to.

— Lee Konitz

I must say, I don't think there's any more challenging music out there in jazz than what we're doing.

— Patricia Barber