It would have been more obvious to go into film, based on…

The generation of composers that are just preceded me, people like [Karlheinz] Stockhausen, [Pierre] Boulez, and, well, [John] Cage for that matter,[Morton] Feldman ...…

— Philip Glass

I thought 'The Artist' was a perfect way to find a good balance. The artistic challenge is obvious because the film is black-and-white and…

— Michel Hazanavicius

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

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

— Dave Brubeck

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

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

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

If you look at the history of music, you have classical composers, church music, pop music, etc. Music that's existed for centuries. I think…

— Mike Love

As far as rock groups, I really like Stone Temple Pilots. As for classical composers, it's Bach. I love Paganini, too, the Italian composer…

— Matt Schulze

I grew up on Bach and Beethoven, and now I'm listening to more modern composers who I can't even name. But since I'm constantly…

— A. R. Rahman

If a film is based on a true story and you don't use anyone's name, you can do what you like.

— Patty Jenkins

When you see 'MHN,' you will see that the film is based on relationships which are serious, but there is a sense of humour…

— Sushmita Sen