I can take any series of numbers and turn it into music…

From folk to tribal to Cab Calloway, Cole Porter, Gershwin to the Rolling Stones, whose first record was all covers, to country-western, bebop, blues,…

— Cat Power

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

Music always stimulates my imagination. When I'm writing I usually have some Baroque music on low in the background chamber music by Bach, Telemann,…

— Haruki Murakami

Western music is Bach, Handel and Schubert. It's good music, cleverly done. As a musician, I can see that.

— Fela Kuti

I try to write something that has a common ground to everyone. But there's been nothing new in music since Bach; he put every…

— Eddie Rabbitt

Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in western civilization, which is the music of Bach, is…

— Pierre Schaeffer

You have to open the music, so to speak, and see what's behind the notes because the notes are the same whether it is…

— Vladimir Horowitz

Some movies work really well with music from Bach or Mahler that existed long before the film, so music has its own autonomy.

— Ennio Morricone

The music of Bach is so timeless, so fulfilling. You don't feel like you have to be in front of it. The music has…

— Andris Nelsons

I love dancing to the radio every morning, to start the day with such passion. Otherwise, life is too sad. My little daughter and…

— Anna Mouglalis

The music of Bach is without doubt the most sacred gift to the world of art.

— Heitor Villa-Lobos

For me, growing up in hip-hop culture, it's all about having the next style, the new fashion, the new way to express yourself, the…

— El-P

Wherever I go, I bring the culture with me, so that they can understand that it's attainable. I didn't do it any other way…

— Jay-Z

By the time you get into other kinds of music - R&B, country, or whatever - it becomes something that's romantic. It becomes something…

— Talib Kweli

I've been writing songs since I was 10 years old and always had a penchant for rhyming. I started listening to hip hop through…

— Hoodie Allen