When I listen to music today, it is about 99 percent classical. I rarely even listen to folk music, the music of… — Tom Glazer Copy Share Image
On horseback you feel as if you're moving in time to classical music; a camel seems to progress to the beat of… — Walter Moers Copy Share Image
In contrast, traditional classical music starts from an abstract musical schema. This is then notated and only expressed in concrete sound as… — Pierre Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Ask about music growing up, I'll tell you I grew up playing classical music, and I didn't grow up in a musical… — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
Many classical musicians lack pulse and rhythmical strength and precision, so for us it was very important to acquire and learn those. — Luka Sulic Copy Share Image
Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my… — Lionel Richie 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
The choreography in films is completely different. I find it easier when I am asked to dance to classical music, but it's… — Shamna Kasim Copy Share Image
A lot of my colleagues just don't really realize that they have to work in order to get the interest of an… — David Garrett Copy Share Image
A lot of people may not know how competitive it is to play classical music, because when you think about it, the… — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
I don't mind being classified as a jazz artist, but I do mind being restricted to being a jazz artist. My foundation… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I couldn't listen to music with lyrics for the first few months after the brain surgery, because they were too complex and… — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
A lot of people ask how I ended up doing classical music given that I'm in a rock band. The truth is… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
I've always been a lover of classical music ever since I was an early teenager I suppose. I remember the very first… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
Since I've grown up I really wanted to be able to create something different. In Persian music, opposite, again, to classical music,… — Hafez Nazeri Copy Share Image
I was raised in an Indian household - singing classical music and eating south Indian food. But the second I went to… — Vidya Vox Copy Share Image
I love classical music. Yes, I was in a conservatory when I was younger and played guitar and all that stuff, so… — Matt Schulze Copy Share Image
I look at raising funds for The Perlman Music Program as a challenge and as a way to provide opportunities for people… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
I used to sing classical music to the flowers in the garden and imagine they were all different parts of the orchestra.… — Joe Lycett Copy Share Image
“There was that sound again--snap, then a footfall. She tried to whirl around as a dark form--Dear God--sprang with a splash from… — Kaye George Copy Share Image
My whole life has been in classical music, I've been trained to become the best musician possible, play the piece the best,… — Laufey Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The realm of classical music is so vast - not only in terms of style but of era, age and the purposes… — David Finckel Copy Share Image
Classical music fulfills for me the function of narrative. I spend 90 minutes a day listening to symphonic music - Beethoven to… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
“History's greatest composers world be rolling in their graves if they knew that their beautiful compositions were reduced to distorted hold music.” — Michael P. Naughton Copy Share Image
The origins of Indian classical music, not unlike their western counterparts, lie in the Vedas, the ancient Hindu scriptures of 2,000 years ago. — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
My greatest influence came from my parents' love of classical music. We listened to a lot of arias and operas growing up. — Lara Fabian 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
Regular church-goers are substantially more likely than non-attenders to read, to take newspapers and magazines, to listen to classical music, to attend… — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
I don't even want to say I'm trying to necessarily popularize classical music, I just want to take this thing, this cello,… — Kevin Olusola Copy Share Image
I finished my university studies with classical music while being in a successful metal band, but that was not an easy task… — Tarja Turunen Copy Share Image
Thank God for movie music. It preserves the rich vocabulary in classical music through challenging times. — Michael Tilson Thomas 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
“Injustice, large and small, was like sour, moldy bread. Consumed often enough, it brought on hunger for the meat of revenge.” — B.V. Lawson Copy Share Image
I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar… — John Fahey Copy Share Image
It's America's classical music ... this becomes our tradition ... the bottom line of any country in the world is what did… — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
You know I'm a bit of a dag because I listen to classical music. I recently bought myself an iPod and downloaded… — Graeme Base Copy Share Image
I was surrounded by classical music, art and ballet all these things. But they also had a football field and it was… — Carlos Carvalhal Copy Share Image
I was just moving around the globe, learning classical music and generally doing nothing. I was completely away from glitz and glamour… — Antara Mali Copy Share Image
I was able to learn a new language - a new musical language is learning a new language, because it's so extremely… — Ludwig Goransson Copy Share Image
![“A lot of my colleagues just don't really realize that they have to work in order to get the interest of an audience, especially with young kids, especially because it [classical music] is not that popular. You don't see it on TV, you don't hear it on radio, so you really gotta put an effort into…” quote by David Garrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/david-garrett-68146_audience_a-lot-of-my-colleagues-just-don-t-really_1794581.jpg)
