Classical music Quotes · Page 4

I listen to classical music when I need to relax. It depends a lot on mood.

— Tarja Turunen

I think it's time they knew the truth about Beethoven.

— Joan Rivers

I listen to classical music at home probably more than pop music.

— David Gilmour

I love hip-hop; I love Sleigh Bells. I also love classical music and musical theater.

— Tatiana Maslany

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

— Jason Becker

Classical music's ability to translate emotional themes is fantastic.

— Alan Price

Once, the arts were opera, ballet, classical music, and everything else deemed highbrow.

— Melvyn Bragg

I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to.

— Lee Konitz

Growing up, there was only classical music on BBC Radio. We had to listen to the American Forces Network in Germany, which…

— Michael Caine

I love singing jazz. I don't like the idea that classical music should be over here and jazz should be someplace else.…

— Jessye Norman

I also have a big love of classical music played on piano because this is the environment I grew up in my…

— Suzi Quatro

I did classical music when I was a teenager, but the experience of performing a classical concert felt too frighteningly pristine for…

— Jon Hopkins

Classical music gradually lost popularity because it is too complicated: you need twenty-five or thirty skilled musicians just to hum it properly.…

— Dave Barry

I figured, if someone wants to do classical music, or blues, or jazz, they move to an area where that's popular, and…

— Jimmie Allen

Even in classical music, the cello doesn't get a lot of respect because the piano and the violin get it all.

— Luka Sulic

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

There should be no boundaries in your relationship with sound. Often it's not about the music itself but the context in which…

— Ludovico Einaudi

I love Gustavo Dudamel and I love what he does for classical music, and I love what he comes out of, El…

— Wynton Marsalis

When I was nine years old, I started playing guitar, and I took classical guitar lessons and studied music theory. And played…

— Moby

My father is doing a radio program - classical music. He has a beautiful speaking voice and that's his passion in life,…

— Olivia Newton-John

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

A lot of people may not know how competitive it is to play classical music, because when you think about it, the…

— Jamie Foxx

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

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

“Except Caitlyn. High school dating, drill team, school spirit—it all seemed silly to her. Why did it feel like high school was…

— Lisa Cach

“Who Am I? I’m a creator, a visionary, a poet. I approach the world with the eyes of an artist, the ears…

— Sharon M. Draper

Fact is that I played piano and performed, as a young kid, a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra .…

— Herbie Hancock

Yeah, unfortunately [ films like Miss Julie are a dying breed]. And that is sad, because we need these. Like we need…

— Liv Ullmann

College was pivotal for me. It broadened my horizons, taught me to think and question, and introduced me to many things -…

— John E Ferling

“Writing was never work for me. It had been the same for as long as I could remember: turn on the radio…

— Charles Bukowski

“Breakfast! My favorite meal- and you can be so creative. I think of bowls of sparkling berries and fresh cream, baskets of…

— Susan Branch

I think if there's ever been a time we need music more, it's now. For our kids, it teaches you to take…

— Joshua Bell

I am really very fond of Indian classical music though I have spent my teenage years in Bahrain.

— Madhura Naik

You cannot go wrong by learning classical music because it trains the ear.

— Kiesza

Classical music is the kind that we keep hoping will turn into a tune.

— Kin Hubbard

I'm very fond of classical music, especially Mozart. I find it relaxes me and helps me concentrate.

— Guler Sabanci

I love classical music. It has left a major mark on my playing.

— Slash

Classical music is this music that was written by a bunch of dead people a long time ago.

— Frank Zappa

“Indian food is like classical music raga- it takes time to build up to a crescendo.”

— Shobhaa De

I love Adele and Lykke Li. I also listen to classical music as well.

— Birdy