Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to - it's kind of embarrassing - all classical music. — Caroline Shaw Copy Share Image
If classical music is the state of the art, then the arts are in a sad state — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
I love classical music and often listen to symphonies or opera in the morning. — William Mapother Copy Share Image
My goal is to bring jazz and classical music to my generation through a more accessible road. — Laufey Copy Share Image
I hope I'm doing my part in making jazz and classical music more accessible! — Laufey Copy Share Image
I have no doubt that there are great people about though... the thing of it is, nothing to this day moves me… — Gary Lucas Copy Share Image
I started listening to classical music when I was in my early teens. Prior to that, I listened to pop records or… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I learned the cello , but I would still need a massive amount of practice. But I do play classical music, so… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I do like classical music, and soft rock, and jazz, which I never listened to when I was 15. Now I like… — Dmitry Medvedev Copy Share Image
To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to a lot of classic jazz, and stuff like The Beatles, and old Motown stuff, and a lot… — Alison Sudol Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Life, like classical music, is full of difficult passages that are conquered as much through endurance and determination as through any particular… — Sheri L. Dew 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
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
As far as using electronics in my music, I have to do that as honestly as possible. Also, I have a broad… — Anoushka Shankar 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 have never heard enough classical music to be able to enjoy it; & the simple truth is, I detest it. Not… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If you ever ask me what my all-time dream character is, my answer will be Mia Tansen, the great composer-musician in Hindustani… — Jackie Shroff Copy Share Image
Why a musician loves playing jazz or classical music or what makes them happy, and why an artist likes to paint -… — Elisabeth Moss Copy Share Image
Virgil Thomson, the great classical music critic, who was also a composer, but said that criticism was the only antidote he knew… — Terry Teachout Copy Share Image
“In every field, even the most eminent creators typically produce a large quantity of work that’s technically sound but considered unremarkable by… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
The way you hold the bow, the way that violinists are trained to produce a note, is really different. I'm not an… — Bruce Molsky Copy Share Image
“Finally, every society develops a system of aesthetic standards that get manifested in everything from decorative art, music, and dance to the… — David Livermore Copy Share Image
“Politics will always mean more to the poor. Always. That's why we strike and march, and despair when our young say they… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
I hate Christmas. Everything is designed for families, romance, warmth, emotion and presents, and if you have no boyfriend, no money, your… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Modern man is full of platitudes about living life to its fullest, with catchy keychain phrases and little plaques for kitchen walls.… — Tiffany Madison Copy Share Image
