Classical Quotes · Page 11

My dad was a really good classical guitarist. He took lessons with a student of Andre Segovia.

— Jason Becker

I fell in love with funk music through my father - Funkadelic - as well as soul and classical early on.

— Miguel

I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it's very, very classical, and in some ways I'm breaking lots of…

— Neil Gaiman

Liquid helium belongs to a class of fluids known as quantum fluids, as distinct from classical fluids.

— David Lee

I think the classical music is on a dangerous downward slope, because it's not seeking strong enough resonance with its society.

— Laurence Equilbey

It's wonderful doing concerts in places like New York and London, but I feel a responsibility to also bring my work home,…

— Charles Hazlewood

I think there are people who use classical music to say, 'I am better than you, because I know all the rules…

— Andre Rieu

I'd like to explode a few myths about what we call classical music. It's not high art for the titillation of a…

— Charles Hazlewood

I was finishing up at High School of Performing Arts and finally, by the end of junior year and start of senior…

— Jon Gordon

We were really interested in music from all over the world. We realized that what we were doing was very close to…

— Arto Lindsay

In contrast, traditional classical music starts from an abstract musical schema. This is then notated and only expressed in concrete sound as…

— Pierre Schaeffer

There's a great energy and drive that takes precedence in a lot of rock and pop. It's about making a strong visceral…

— Joshua Roman

When I did 'Amadeus,' I hadn't done a play for five years. And I was so happy doing it and felt so…

— Tim Curry

Classical music and pop are two different universes, each with its own difficulties, peculiarities, depth and artistic dignity. In Italy, I think…

— Andrea Bocelli

I did everything I could to not bring in any of the - any of the technical things I got from classical…

— Cecile McLorin Salvant

Cities are about juxtaposition. In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like. In Bordeaux, we built law…

— Richard Rogers

I’ve learned what ‘classical’ means. It means something that sings and dances through sheer joy of existence.

— Gustav Holst

I'm not a classical player. I don't want to be a classical player. I love to improvise, because things happen that never…

— John McLaughlin

Classical plays require more imagination and more general training to be able to do. That's why I like playing Shakespeare better than…

— Vivien Leigh

We have this idea of artists being on the fringe and being debauched and strange. I don't think that people who commit…

— Lola Kirke

I grew up listening to a lot of classic jazz, and stuff like The Beatles, and old Motown stuff, and a lot…

— Alison Sudol

I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either.

— Agnes Obel

Classical music is something that we're very passionate about, but we always thought it was presented in a stuffy way.

— Aleksey Igudesman

I like rock music. I also like classical, if you ask me. I'm very adaptable, they say that. But I have certain…

— Tommy Wiseau

What's different here is that we have now technologies that allow these life science companies to bypass classical breeding. That's what makes…

— Jeremy Rifkin

I started listening to classical music when I was in my early teens. Prior to that, I listened to pop records or…

— Stephen Sondheim

I do like classical music, and soft rock, and jazz, which I never listened to when I was 15. Now I like…

— Dmitry Medvedev

I was fairly poor but most of my money went for wine and classical music. I loved to mix the two together.

— Charles Bukowski

Musicians like to converse. There's always interesting conversation with musicians - with classical musicians, with jazz musicians, musicians in general.

— Wynton Marsalis

I reject the premise that liberal and libertarian values are necessarily in conflict. In fact, I often self-identify as a 'classical liberal.'

— John Mackey

I started classical piano when I was eight, but I wasn't a virtuoso. I just really liked it.

— Julia Holter

“Listening to classical music. I thought it might be soothing, but it’s really irritating and has no proper tune.”

— Anonymous

There's a certain standard in classical music that allows the application of the term "genius," but you're treading on thin ice if…

— Jimmy Page

I don't run after money or fame. The only thing I have always wished is to be a classical singer.

— Asha Bhosle

Television has dried up for my generation, so it's plays and films. You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical…

— Michael Gambon

I was able to turn to classical music many people, and this is one of the nicest achievements I can have.

— Aleksey Igudesman

The patterns of big-band music are smooth and classical. It's got to be fresh. The brass section should crackle, like the sound…

— Illinois Jacquet

You're now getting a new breed of people like Il Divo and Andrea Bocelli and I think that's why people feel less…

— Katherine Jenkins

The abundance of Roman historical mysteries contrasts with the surprising paucity of crime novels set in classical Greece.

— Sarah Weinman

The first notes I still play when I start a sound check are classical. Those are my roots.

— Andrew Bird