Classical music Quotes · Page 16

I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music.

— Satyajit Ray

The whole thing of singing on my own has been accidental and random. I sang a huge amount as a kid, and…

— Sam Amidon

Classical music is far from boring - it has all the blood, energy, the sinister dark side, rhythm that rock music has,…

— Yuja Wang

I'm not interested in popular culture. I hate Quentin Tarantino. I rarely go to movies. I hate rock 'n' roll. I work.…

— James Ellroy

My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer.

— John Sebastian

That mainstream English is essential to our self-preservation is indisputable . . . but it is not necessary to abandon Spoken Soul…

— John R. Rickford

We live today in a world where most of the really important developments in everything from math and physics and astronomy to…

— David Foster Wallace

I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.

— Gary Oldman

Being a classical musician, you're doing many things anyway. One day you're doing Bach concerto and the next you're doing some avant-garde…

— Joshua Bell

I love gentle, gorgeous classical music such as Mozart.

— Felicity Kendal

Don't be a perfectionist... leave that to the classical musicians.

— Dave Brubeck

It's America's classical music ... this becomes our tradition ... the bottom line of any country in the world is what did…

— Louis Armstrong

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

I write right off the typer. I call it my "machinegun." I hit it hard, usually late at night while drinking wine…

— Charles Bukowski

I had been exposed to classical music my whole life; even before I was born.

— Jason Becker

Despite being a classical musician, I keep poking my nose in other genres of music.

— Shankar Mahadevan

Its a small community, the classical music community, along with the excitement of new places and new things and this feeling of…

— Joshua Roman

I enjoy practicing law too much to even contemplate retiring, but I often think about engaging in serious study of the history…

— Karen DeCrow

Lately I've been listening to some classical music again, some jazz.

— Alan Vega

I write my music with the idea that it will appeal to all of those people, and I want them to go…

— Missy Mazzoli

“Robert Kapilow is a born teacher, an enthusiast who can think on his feet, a 110 percent believer in the project at…

— Boston Globe

I had this exceptional classical music voice. If I'd followed a true path for my talent, I would have ended up being…

— Lesley Manville

“He wore his personality like a suit that was too tight.”

— B.V. Lawson

“Listening to classical music. I thought it might be soothing, but it’s really irritating and has no proper tune.”

— Anonymous

I was born out of classical music.

— Mika