Classical Quotes · Page 7

For me, it's classical music I started with and I admire Jacqueline du Pre.

— Kevin Olusola

When you learn Indian classical music, sometimes it takes decades to perfect a raga.

— Richa Chadha

Men who listen to classical music tend not to spit.

— Rita Rudner

First of all, we have to go back to the classical time control

— Anatoly Karpov

If had to label myself, I guess classical liberal would be best.

— David Harsanyi

Classical art stands for form; romantic art for content.

— Robin G. Collingwood

I have not labelled 'Krishna' as a classical presentation. Nor do I bring in non-classical elements into the traditional repertoire.

— Shobana

It depends on my mood but classical music is what I am drawn towards. I also listen to Sufi music and bhajans…

— Neeti Mohan

I have a very varied taste in music. Everything from rap to classical to Latino to Rat Pack to jazz.

— Jasper Fforde

I am a classical music lover - not necessarily the contemporary stuff, but the old stuff.

— Eberhard Weber

If a piece of music is under three minutes long, it's rock. Over three minutes, it's classical.

— Robert Ashley

I grew up mostly with classical, big band, and a lot of Irish music - I really didn't start listening to rock…

— Moira Kelly

I basically love classical music. I love a lot of musicians playing together and the whole culture of that, whether it's Indian…

— A. R. Rahman

What makes one type of music classical and one bluegrass and one folk - these things aren't what's important.

— Chris Thile

Normally, things are viewed in these little segmented boxes. There's classical, and then there's jazz; romantic, and then there's baroque. I find…

— Jerry Lee Lewis

Reality shows that, contrary to other countries in southern Africa, we have no basis for a classical guerilla struggle. We have never…

— Joe Slovo

Sometimes I just listen to classical pieces of music to take me away from my work. That's what I kind of do…

— Aaron Zigman

Our intention is to develop more subtlety in contemporary electronic sounds. We don't like nostalgic projects. We have disparate interests and many…

— Thomas Koner

I love contrast in music. Being inspired by classical, actually - in high school especially - classical and metal both, I remember…

— Amy Lee

He helped make Living Things even more crazy than I wanted it to be. He added old-fashioned piano and classical folk music…

— Matthew Sweet

Even as I pursued a doctorate in the history of ideas in my native Denmark, I realized I had neither the encyclopedic…

— Anne Fortier

I bring my classical training - some of it, but not all of it - and also my background and culture, to…

— Kathleen Battle

Listening to classical music is a journey not a state; it's an activity not a meditation.

— Armando Iannucci

Alchemy is one of the good quote-unquote south-Asian experiences in that it has a wide variety of classical to experimental music.

— Anoushka Shankar

I never really had a classical saxophone set-up. I just had a middle of the road set up.

— Jon Gordon

I like classical music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and I adore Bach above all.

— Gregory Maguire

My greatest influence came from my parents' love of classical music. We listened to a lot of arias and operas growing up.

— Lara Fabian

People have always thought of me as someone who's very classical,when in fact I've led a rather unconventional life.

— Catherine Deneuve

I enjoy bluegrass, folk, gospel, and classical. I don't listen to music when I write. I sometimes listen to music just before…

— Kent Haruf

Listening to classical music is like reading philosophy books. Not everybody has to do it.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

I have been singing since I was a child, and I am a trained Hindustani classical singer.

— Parineeti Chopra

I came from a classical background, and I was teaching and earning a living out of music at a certain level, so…

— Bryce Dessner

“Now that rock is turning 50, it's become classical itself. It's interesting to see that development.”

— Bjork

Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to…

— Tony Blair

Every description of natural processes must be based on ideas which have been introduced and defined by the classical theory.

— Niels Bohr

Thank God for movie music. It preserves the rich vocabulary in classical music through challenging times.

— Michael Tilson Thomas

A contrast between country and city, as fundamental ways of life, reaches back into classical times.

— Raymond Williams

I was just moving around the globe, learning classical music and generally doing nothing. I was completely away from glitz and glamour…

— Antara Mali

I was always involved in the arts from a young age. I started studying classical piano at age four as a student…

— Monica Raymund

You know I'm a bit of a dag because I listen to classical music. I recently bought myself an iPod and downloaded…

— Graeme Base