Don't be a perfectionist... leave that to the classical…

Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a…

— Dave Brubeck

Kolkata is a musical city. What I like about people here is the lack of diplomacy. Some of the best Indian classical musicians belong…

— Sukhwinder Singh

Many classical musicians lack pulse and rhythmical strength and precision, so for us it was very important to acquire and learn those.

— Luka Sulic

“classical musicians are now as subject to marketing principles as any other performers.”

— Renee Fleming

When you hear the melodic structures of what classical musicians put together and you compare it to that of a rock & roll record,…

— Jimmy Page

There are a lot of classical musicians in my family, so I grew up with that being kind of normal.

— Hildur Gudnadottir

Being from a classical environment, I've always been provoked by classical musicians thinking that classical music is so much greater art than pop. I've…

— Matias Tellez

It would have been more obvious to go into film, based on the generation before me, but the generation before them were all composers…

— Robert Coppola Schwartzman

Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and six bars of that.…

— John Abercrombie

Artists, whether they're classical musicians or pop musicians, they have always been the reflection of society, and in many ways a healing part of…

— George Duke

I don't really have a career as a jazz musician. I don't really have a career as a classical musician. I don't really have…

— Paul Smoker

You don't see the European classical musicians allowing the music of Bach, Brahms, or Beethoven to become extinct. That music has gone on for…

— Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Iceland is so small; classical musicians play on pop projects and pop musicians play with jazz musicians.

— Laufey

I know I’m an African-American, and I know I play the saxophone, but I’m not a jazz musician. I’m not a classical musician, either.…

— Anthony Braxton

All of us in the field must remain constantly vigilant and fight against all types of inappropriate and hurtful behavior and continue the essential…

— Andris Nelsons