I wanted to find a bridge between Musique Concrete…

When I was a teenager, I really didn't like loud rock music. I listened to jazz and blues and folk music. I've always preferred…

— Ian Anderson

I was greatly influenced by musique concrete when I was, like, 10. I was completely mesmerized by the idea that you could make music…

— Walter Murch

It is the transcendent (or 'abstract' or 'self-contained') nature of music that the new so called concretism--Pop Art, eighteen-hour slices-of-reality films, musique concrete--opposes. But…

— Igor Stravinsky

I probably went to musique concrete concerts - though not the very first ones - at the beginning of the 50s.

— Luc Ferrari

There's no separation between electronic music and acoustic music. It's all one thing. Each song has its own heartbeat. Each song has its own…

— Banks

I've always been fond of acoustic music.

— Ian Anderson

I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter.

— Bill Bruford

I have been playing acoustic music for a very long time, and it's something that I am very comfortable doing, so if I made…

— Oscar Isaac

John Martyn is my biggest hero. My mom got me into his music when I was a kid. I've looked up to him more…

— Ben Howard

No matter what culture you're from, everyone loves music.

— Billy Joel

I mean, there's times to rock and roll, and I love that too. But I think my first love is acoustic music.

— Graham Nash

When I started performing, I played acoustic music, partly because that way you don't have to worry about interacting too much with other people…

— Patty Griffin

There were bars that began to have acoustic musicians play, it was 1970: Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, America, The Eagles, all that kind of…

— Shawn Colvin

There are tons of people in the West who love fiddles, banjos and mandolins. If you got to any cowboy poetry and music gathering…

— Michael Martin Murphey

That's what I love about Nashville and the music community - seeing kids around acoustic music and bluegrass picking parties is the best.

— Dierks Bentley