Classical music has been based on works people love and come back to for aural comfort. — Leila Josefowicz Copy Share Image
If classical music is the state of the art, then the arts are in a sad state — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
I love classical music and often listen to symphonies or opera in the morning. — William Mapother Copy Share Image
Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to - it's kind of embarrassing - all classical music. — Caroline Shaw Copy Share Image
My roots are in classical music and jazz, and I want the freedom of being able to improvise. This freedom is possible… — Adnan Sami Copy Share Image
Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music. — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
I come from a very strenuous, strict, disciplined classical music background. My grandfather, noted Carnatic classical exponent Dr. Sripada Pinakapani, was a… — Chinmayi Copy Share Image
But classical music is not entertainment, and I feel viciously strong about that. Classical music is forever. Entertainment is something that is… — Van Cliburn Copy Share Image
I think music gives so much inspiration. I listen to all kinds of music: pop, hip-hop, everything. I also love classical music. — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
Classical music is a special taste like Greek language or pre-Columbian archeology, not a common culture of reciprocal communication and psychological shorthand. — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
I've outdone anyone you can name - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500. — James Brown Copy Share Image
I'm pretty optimistic about the future of rock... it will be back to composition as in classical music or jazz. — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
My basic grammar is in Indian classical music, Carnatic music, and Hindustani music, but I don't believe that that is the only… — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
Way back in the old days, say in Europe of the Middle Ages, you had an aristocracy, and they could afford to… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
Before college, I acted in my room, to classical music, because music tells stories. I'd put on a record and proceed, silently.… — Amanda Plummer Copy Share Image
Culture dictated from above is the enemy of folk music. Whether it's stuffy classical music or pre-engineered pop where somebody's paid tons… — Will Sheff 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
In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation. A jazz musician, if he plays someone… — Todd Boyd Copy Share Image
Often in the morning I will sit in a favorite chair in my study with a cup of coffee, with classical music… — Leighton Ford Copy Share Image
I learned some classical music history, which I had done quite a bit at of Performing Arts. But I got some more… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
Ever since we got married, my wife has tried to change me. She got me to stop drinking, smoking and running around… — Mark Copy Share Image
“In every field, even the most eminent creators typically produce a large quantity of work that’s technically sound but considered unremarkable by… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“Can you please also give me instructions for dancing?” “Excuse me?” “I need instructions for dancing. Like how do I move my… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share Image
I wouldn't know anything about opera music if it wasn't for Bugs Bunny. That was my entire introduction to opera music. I… — Jon Hamm Copy Share Image
My Mom played violin and piano when she was growing up and she insisted, and I don't know if you can imagine… — Sean Mackin Copy Share Image
“I should’ve probably warned you: once you end a relationship with an artist, you are perpetually reminded of them. They have now… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“Grow up with me,Let’s run in fields and through the dark together,Fall off swings and burn special things,And both play outside in… — Keaton Henson Copy Share Image
“A first-rate college library with a comfortable campus around it is a fine milieu for a writer. There is, of course, the… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
When I'm 40, too old to be a rock star, I plan to go back to college to study classical music. — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
I think classical dance is not seeing the evolution seen by classical music. — Padmapriya Janakiraman Copy Share Image
A good deal of classical music is, today, the opium of the good citizen. — George Steiner Copy Share Image
