Part of what Brahms and others could never quite get over…

I think that the first World War put an end the kind of music that Mahler, Bruckner and Richard Strauss were writing. A change…

— Julian Bream

“I know of only one composer who measures up to Beethoven, and that is Bruckner.”

— Richard Wagner

Bruckner's Eighth is a colossus.

— Zubin Mehta

Wagner's philosophy had absolutely nothing to do with Bruckner. Bruckner hadn't written a single word against Jews. Wagner's book on the Jews was one…

— Zubin Mehta

An artist should make concessions to the listener. That is why Bruckner dedicated one of his symphonies to the Good Lord.

— Karl Kraus

“Bruckner he is my man!”

— Richard Wagner

Anton Bruckner wrote the same symphony nine times, trying to get it just right. He failed.

— Edward Abbey

I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.

— Adam Ant

There is something magical about being able to feel somebody. And that is something that has always moved me with music.

— Maria Brink

I want people to hear my lyrics and my melodies and say, 'That dude's in pain.'

— Ivan Moody

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

“Downloading's the same as what I used to do. I used to tape the charts of the songs I liked [off the radio]. I…

— Liam Gallagher

I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars,…

— Bruce Springsteen

When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions…

— Kelli O'Hara

Whatever meaning 'Annie's Song' had for me on a personal level, there was also a larger context. It could just as easily have been…

— John Denver