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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you're alive, you have all the experience necessary to understand classical music. — Michael Tilson Thomas Copy Share Image
One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful… — Lesley Garrett Copy Share Image
Musicians like to converse. There's always interesting conversation with musicians - with classical musicians, with jazz musicians, musicians in general. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I have loads of issues with the way classical music is presented. It has been too reverential, too 'high art' - if… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
Listening to classical music is like reading philosophy books. Not everybody has to do it. — Krzysztof Penderecki 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
In these confused times, the role of classical music is at the very core of the struggle to reassert cultural and ethical… — Lorin Maazel 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
“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
When I need some energy in the morning I can put a metal CD in my player, because it gets me going!… — Tarja Turunen Copy Share Image
The first concert that my parents took me to was in this canyon in Saudi Arabia called Buttermilk Canyon. You sleep under… — Hannah Simone 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
Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had… — Gordon Getty Copy Share Image
I think for a classical musician the goal is the same as an electronic musician. A very good professional classical musician must… — Gregor Schwellenbach Copy Share Image
Growing up, there was only classical music on BBC Radio. We had to listen to the American Forces Network in Germany, which… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I like classical music. I especially like the French composers: Ravel in particular. Debussy. That's so soothing in a nervous world. — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
There's a great energy and drive that takes precedence in a lot of rock and pop. It's about making a strong visceral… — Joshua Roman Copy Share Image
In Western classical music the idea of holiness, purity, perfection, and total beauty is expressed through clarity of sound - a bell-like… — Justin Adams Copy Share Image
I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom,… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
What I wanted to do was music, until I was about 16. But it was jazz and rock, never classical music. — Simon Helberg Copy Share Image
We always found that many people are robots without knowing it. The interpreters of classical music, Horowitz for example, they are like… — Florian Schneider Copy Share Image
When working with classical musicians, it is important to be clear as possible in the score about what my intentions are. Because… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
