Classical Quotes · Page 5

You always have to be diplomatic with music, with classical, with whatever you do.

— David Garrett

I had classical training but I don't consider myself an opera singer though.

— Emmy Rossum

I took classical music very seriously as a kid.

— Laufey

I studied classical percussion for ten years.

— Alycia Debnam-Carey

I cannot understate the ability to handle classical texts such as Shakespeare.

— Louise Jameson

You cannot go wrong by learning classical music because it trains the ear.

— Kiesza

I would say 'Home' is a lot richer and deeper than my earlier classical.

— Anoushka Shankar

I started officially learning music when I was 14. I learnt Hindustani classical.

— Shruti Haasan

Classical music is a genre of music. It's no more complex or less complex than pop music or R&B. The elitism is…

— Theo Hutchcraft

I thought the best route to being the great actor I wanted to be was to play the great classical parts.

— Stephen Mangan

The classical ballet world is so exclusive and small, and a lot of people don't know about it.

— Misty Copeland

I'm a classical type of guy. Whatever's out at that point in time, I like it. I just put my own twist…

— Carmelo Anthony

It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music.

— Zubin Mehta

Because in classical music cello is not regarded as a popular choice, it's always playing the long, boring notes.

— Luka Sulic

I'm everything I'm made of. So a part of me is made of classical music. I'm grateful for it.

— Ledisi

I am comfortable with anything I sing: jazz, gospel, classical. It doesn't matter. I can do it all.

— Ruben Studdard

I think that's one of the things that has always put me in kind of an odd niche. It's that all of…

— Danny Elfman

Right out of school, I did this show called 'Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812.' It is based on a…

— Phillipa Soo

I had this idea for a while to do mix this Al Green vibe with a samba thing. I tried to do…

— Arto Lindsay

My big influences are Joni Mitchell, and a lot of classical and Indian music, as well as Nina Simone and the personal…

— Yael Naim

My mother did play classical piano, not that well. And actually, my father sang with the big bands - he sang with…

— Toni Tennille

Degas was obsessed by the art of classical ballet, because to him it said something about the human condition. He was not…

— John Berger

In the Classical tradition, deriving from ancient Greece and Rome, beauty was perceived as the means by which the artist captured the…

— John Walford

So many people report to be contemporary dancers, and they're not. They are sort of jazz dancers that feel like they're throwing…

— Nigel Lythgoe

In literature, you either create a classical or create a foam! There is no in between!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Classical music is the kind that we keep hoping will turn into a tune.

— Kin Hubbard

All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

I love classical music. It has left a major mark on my playing.

— Slash

Jazz will be the classical music of the future.

— Dizzy Gillespie

I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music.

— Satyajit Ray

I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined.

— Ritchie Blackmore

When I first got a guitar, it was a Spanish, classical thing.

— Roger Waters

I don't crave acceptance in the classical world.

— Ludovico Einaudi

I listen to anything country and anything classical. Two great extremes.

— Richard Burr

I listen to classical music when I need to relax. It depends a lot on mood.

— Tarja Turunen

I think classical dance is not seeing the evolution seen by classical music.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

You go to a pop concert or a classical concert but there's nothing in between.

— Andre Rieu

I listen to classical music at home probably more than pop music.

— David Gilmour

I'd like to do some more classical work if I do some more theatre.

— Sarah Sutton

In his day, the audience was well aware of the music, of the classical beat.

— Anonymous