The basic difference between classical music and jazz is that in the former the music is always graver than its performance -… — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to my parents' albums. Many of them were either classical - Bach, Beethoven and Brahms - or easy… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
I play classical music almost exclusively. I never mastered jazz or gospel in the way that my mother did. She was a… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
The classical music scene was completely unfamiliar to me. It was something that I didn't have the most fun associations around. A… — Lola Kirke Copy Share Image
The musical instuments may be western but my voice never wavers away from my own ragas. it is good to make experiments… — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Copy Share Image
I always find it funny when people say, "I don't really like classical music" or "it doesn't do anything for me." I… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
I like to think that I listen to Classic FM while domestic goddessing and, truth be told, I often do, but you… — Sarah Millican Copy Share Image
When I was young, I was being pushed, against my will, towards becoming a classical musician. I had music scholarships; I had… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I don't really have a career as a jazz musician. I don't really have a career as a classical musician. I don't… — Paul Smoker Copy Share Image
Part of my mission is simply that: to bring the world of the arts, particularly classical music, closer to people so they… — Michael Tilson Thomas Copy Share Image
I'm saddened to see that everyone's pitched out the baby with the bath, in that we say that it can't be one… — Don Bluth Copy Share Image
I believe that classical music comes through listening and practice, and it can be fun both for the singer or performer and… — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
Artists, whether they're classical musicians or pop musicians, they have always been the reflection of society, and in many ways a healing… — George Duke Copy Share Image
A love of classical music is only partially a natural response to hearing the works performed, it also must come about by… — Charles Rosen Copy Share Image
My father did not bother that I play not a classical music. He always congratulated me for my development in music, I… — Richard Clayderman Copy Share Image
My parents gave me guitar lessons aged five in the hopes I'd go into classical music and do grades, but as soon… — Griff Copy Share Image
Any material can be treated in any number of ways. Sometimes I might hear something, or someone else might hear something, and… — John Dieterich Copy Share Image
The human attitude of which classical music is the expression is always the same; it is always based on the same kind… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“There were a lot of illegal, deadly things stored in Beckett’s car, but the only thing he kept hidden was the CD… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and six bars… — John Abercrombie Copy Share Image
All of us in the field must remain constantly vigilant and fight against all types of inappropriate and hurtful behavior and continue… — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
That mainstream English is essential to our self-preservation is indisputable . . . but it is not necessary to abandon Spoken Soul… — John R. Rickford Copy Share Image
I feel that classical music should be a more recognizable part of everyone’s entertainment. It has been my hope that through live… — Jose Iturbi Copy Share Image
You know how some people seem to think that their love for classical music makes them spiritual or at least something quite… — Ruth Stout Copy Share Image
In the U.K., classical music is composed by individuals and written down. Indian music is based on certain sequences called ragas. When… — Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Until I was around 12 or 13, I only listened to classical music, mostly Tchaikovsky. But around that age, I started listening… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
“Handel's yearning for independence from the traditional chains of patronage and his persistence in monitoring his productions resulted with unique developments concerning… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
I'm a self-confessed geek, and my whole concept of music at first was entirely electronic. In many ways, it turned out to… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
When Mason was born, I was extra cautious about people cursing in front of him; I only played classical music around him,… — Kourtney Kardashian Copy Share Image
My influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds of music. World music… — Rokia Traore Copy Share Image
I'm a prostitute. Do you know what, it really is basically I just really like to work! I'm thrilled that there's a… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
We Gonna Win' is a song of triumph, It represents my personal belief that with hard work, talent and dedication, everything is… — Miri Ben-Ari Copy Share Image
When I was young, I played the piano and studied classical music and jazz. I wanted to be a concert pianist, and… — Christopher Plummer Copy Share Image
I grew up as a dancer, and music and dance are so closely tied, that in ballet class you're listening to all… — Jillian Hervey Copy Share Image
I was always into classical music and opera because I played the piano as I went through school and was very interested… — Kristian Nairn Copy Share Image
I'd studied piano first and switched over to cello when I was about seven. I played mostly chamber and solo classical music.… — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
I wanted to make an album where every song is kind of interacting - where you can't tell what's the string arrangement… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
Classical music and pop are two different universes, each with its own difficulties, peculiarities, depth and artistic dignity. In Italy, I think… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
“Robert Kapilow is a born teacher, an enthusiast who can think on his feet, a 110 percent believer in the project at… — Boston Globe Copy Share Image
