The classical guitar has a dynamic to it unlike a regular acoustic guitar or an electric guitar. You know, there's times when… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular opinion, classical music does not have to be enjoyed amid exclusive circles, there need not be any snobbishness attached… — Andre Rieu Copy Share Image
Classical music is far from boring - it has all the blood, energy, the sinister dark side, rhythm that rock music has,… — Yuja Wang Copy Share Image
Although in society in general, the idea of an Irish composer of 'classical music', or whatever you want to call it, is… — John Kinsella Copy Share Image
For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I used to do that a lot: I would hear a part of a song that would really… — King Krule Copy Share Image
I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music - I got… — Marianne Faithfull Copy Share Image
From the spiritual came the blues, gospel, and rhythm-and-blues. I heard all of that music growing up, and that has influenced how… — Kathleen Battle Copy Share Image
Generally, we tend to believe that royalty is only for mainstream Hindi commercial cinema music and maybe some popular ghazal singer or… — Javed Akhtar Copy Share Image
I have never called myself an opera singer. Other people do, but I always call myself a classical singer. I'd love to… — Katherine Jenkins Copy Share Image
That's the thing - you do a job like 'Shameless,' and suddenly that's why you can get a job like 'The Virgin… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
Personally, I cain't stand classical stuff, but I don't tell the world about it. I just turn the radio off. Now, why… — Hank Williams Copy Share Image
The Classic games were Classic because, like classical music or architecture, they strove to give life and weight to ideals of order… — D. B. Weiss Copy Share Image
Classical music was very much a part of my life growing up, and it was always playing in the house. And music… — Laufey Copy Share Image
I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. And when… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I loved getting classical training in terms of acting. I would've stayed in acting school for the rest of my life if… — Dane DeHaan Copy Share Image
Early economic theory was rooted in the Italian, French, and Spanish traditions, which were subjectivist oriented. Then it shifted onto the terrible… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
I enjoy practicing law too much to even contemplate retiring, but I often think about engaging in serious study of the history… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
The guitar is such an incredible instrument; it plays classical, flamenco, jazz, country, bluegrass, rock, acid, blues. You'll never see a clarinet… — Randy Bachman Copy Share Image
Classical scores go up and down; they're kind of hysterical in a way. And movie scores are much more - they just… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
There is a reactionary conservative side of classical music, which is not the most exciting side of it. The side that draws… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
Although cover notes for classical music albums tend to say that the trill of flutes suggests mountain streams and so on, I… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I was classically trained. But more than just the fact that I play violin, there's a lot of classical elements in the… — Lindsey Stirling Copy Share Image
But classical music is not entertainment, and I feel viciously strong about that. Classical music is forever. Entertainment is something that is… — Van Cliburn Copy Share Image
I originally wanted to be an opera singer. I studied classical voice at the University of Washington but soon realised I didn't… — Kyle MacLachlan Copy Share Image
The reality for me is simple. When music is written, it is usually categorized as classical. When it is improvised, it can… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
It is interesting that our biggest fans are the greatest names of the classical music scene, such as Julian Rachlin, Janine Jansen,… — Aleksey Igudesman Copy Share Image
Classical music, fortunately or not, unfolds in time. It's not like a picture you can stare at for 10 seconds or 10… — Carlo Grante Copy Share Image
My father was a classical singer of baroque music, and my older sister was in musical theatre, and I thought about doing… — Antonia Thomas Copy Share Image
Classical music gradually lost popularity because it is too complicated: you need twenty-five or thirty skilled musicians just to hum it properly.… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I started classical and operatic lessons when I was 8 and become an operatic singer and went to competition. I write my… — Cassie Steele Copy Share Image
As I got older though I wanted a life of my own. The classical training was very demanding and thorough. It was… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
Our music was, like, Doors-y, but trying to be classical. We all took music classes and tried writing songs, and when we… — Fab Moretti Copy Share Image
Growing up, there was only classical music on BBC Radio. We had to listen to the American Forces Network in Germany, which… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
We do a lot of light classical programming with that, too... obviously... a lot of Tchaikovsky music, Grieg, things like that which… — Skitch Henderson Copy Share Image
I was very fortunate to have gone to drama school in London for three years, and that was classical training in the… — Rose Leslie Copy Share Image
I did classical singing at school. I did exams in that. I'd sing soprano, and we'd sing in German; we'd do Schubert… — Jorja Smith Copy Share Image
I think of my parents as a single unit, and it's interesting because they shared so much, and they were totally opposite.… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
I've never been really interested in music, classical or otherwise, where the craft is more important than the result. I realized quickly… — Anna Meredith Copy Share Image
I love singing jazz. I don't like the idea that classical music should be over here and jazz should be someplace else.… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
