I think the classical music is on a dangerous downward slope, because it's not seeking strong enough resonance with its society. — Laurence Equilbey Copy Share Image
I've got this diverse education, growing up in classical music and existing between that and music that is more visceral, so for… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
It's wonderful doing concerts in places like New York and London, but I feel a responsibility to also bring my work home,… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
Even the most jingoistic person would have to admit that even American cultural music comes from Europe. That's what classical music is,… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
“The racist regime thought classical music was for the white audience only. Stravinsky insisted on performing for the black audience.” — BBC African journalist Copy Share Image
I'm sure there are a few things in my CD collection that might surprise people. I like classical music, the blues, and… — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
When I was very young, I played in a punk-rock band, but I also studied music theory and classical music. — Moby Copy Share Image
I had 12 years of classical music as a child, playing piano competitions as a teenager, playing in blues bands and rock… — Ronnie Milsap Copy Share Image
I studied classical music for a year. Then, I studied jazz for a year at the New School, and then I got… — Andrew Wyatt Copy Share Image
I heard Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, and that was it. I didn't ever want to be anything else. I just… — Elton John Copy Share Image
The conservatory professors thought everything should sound like French and German symphonies. But to my ear, bouzouki songs, which tell the sufferings… — Mikis Theodorakis Copy Share Image
We are working on organising classical music festivals in a bid to promote qawwali there and produce films that promote music. Perhaps… — Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I wanted 'The South Bank Show' to reflect my own life and that of the team around me; to stretch the accepted… — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
I'm actually doing what I like doing, which is mixing opera music and classical music with soul and folk. And I was… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
“Do you think if two people liked the same thing, it could bring them closer together?" "Certainly... Take classical music, for instance...… — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
I think there are people who use classical music to say, 'I am better than you, because I know all the rules… — Andre Rieu Copy Share Image
I definitely want to act, but I also want to score movies, and I have this idea to fuse classical music with… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I'd like to explode a few myths about what we call classical music. It's not high art for the titillation of a… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
I suppose I am more comfortable with jazz because I have been playing it that much longer, and also because classical music… — Adnan Sami Copy Share Image
We want people to know that classical music is for everyone. A parent or kid might be terrified of this music, but… — Richard Hyung-ki Joo Copy Share Image
When I was 9, I got guitar lessons in my school, just classical guitar. I didn't really like it much. Nowadays, I… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
[Phil Wood] knew about wine. He knew about food. He knew about art. He knew about classical music. He was interested in… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
Jazz is not the popular culture. Jazz is in the same position in our culture as classical music. A very small minority… — John Corigliano Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I love dancing to the radio every morning, to start the day with such passion. Otherwise, life is too sad. My little… — Anna Mouglalis Copy Share Image
When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I grew up partially with classical music but listened to a lot of rock when I was young - I like acoustic,… — Ludovico Einaudi Copy Share Image
And whether or not you're interested in opera or classical music or folk music or the theatre, I think that for a… — Lesley Sharp Copy Share Image
It depends on my mood but classical music is what I am drawn towards. I also listen to Sufi music and bhajans… — Neeti Mohan Copy Share Image
My mom was an opera singer. She did all the classical music, and I heard it. I know every opera. I know… — Bakermat Copy Share Image
I started off with classical music, and I got into jazz when I was about 14 years old. And I've been playing… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
“Classical music is not really my thing, and I know absolutely nothing about it. If you told me you saw Brendel play… — David Rosenfelt Copy Share Image
I used to like to set different film clips to classical music, not even my own songs, but make little movies. — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
I first started playing the violin at 6. And then at 7, it was piano. So from then it was just classical… — Henry Lau Copy Share Image
I got a classical piano training when I was little, and we also had music study lessons where we'd have to listen… — Kerli Copy Share Image
Its a small community, the classical music community, along with the excitement of new places and new things and this feeling of… — Joshua Roman Copy Share Image
Classical music is a genre of music. It's no more complex or less complex than pop music or R&B. The elitism is… — Theo Hutchcraft Copy Share Image
I loved 'Fantasia' as a kid because it filled me with wonder, enchantment and awe. It was my first real introduction into… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music. — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
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