“Listening to classical music. I thought it might be soothing, but it’s really irritating and has no proper tune.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have been trained for three years in Hindustani classical music. I keep humming and many Bollywood co-stars have been victimized by… — Amrita Rao 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
For people who live their lives in classical music the Three Tenors is a kind of benign tumor: unsightly but not life… — Bernard Holland 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
There's a certain standard in classical music that allows the application of the term "genius," but you're treading on thin ice if… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
I was able to turn to classical music many people, and this is one of the nicest achievements I can have. — Aleksey Igudesman Copy Share Image
Western classical music is participative. Look at the number of people who are involved in a symphony. — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
When I was nine years old, I started playing guitar, and I took classical guitar lessons and studied music theory. And played… — Moby 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
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
I love Gustavo Dudamel and I love what he does for classical music, and I love what he comes out of, El… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
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 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
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
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
I think blues music is music of the soul. Of course, there are other forms. You could call some classical music blues… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
You're now getting a new breed of people like Il Divo and Andrea Bocelli and I think that's why people feel less… — Katherine Jenkins Copy Share Image
In Germany, people feel like they own classical music, that it is somehow theirs. Over there, everyone still learns to play, and… — Max Richter Copy Share Image
I've never approached classical music in a formal way, ever. I couldn't read very well. I'd have to play every piece and… — Andrew Bird 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
As a kid, I loved classical music. Composers like Beethoven were like rock stars to me. Then there were the real rock… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
I grew up with classical music blasting in my parents' living room and my older brother's practicing saxophone in his room listening… — Josephine de La Baume Copy Share Image
I like to get away from noise, although I will play noisy music in my car to keep myself awake. But my… — Chuck Panozzo Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular opinion, classical music does not have to be enjoyed amid exclusive circles, there need not be any snobbishness attached… — Andre Rieu Copy Share Image
I've worked with some great orchestras and amazing classical musicians, but I don't like the conceptualization of classical music as an elitist… — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
Life, like classical music, is full of difficult passages that are conquered as much through endurance and determination as through any particular… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
In western classical music with an orchestra, you focus the orchestra on melodies and harmony. In African music, the biggest focus is… — Ludwig Goransson Copy Share Image
Classical music is far from boring - it has all the blood, energy, the sinister dark side, rhythm that rock music has,… — Yuja Wang Copy Share Image
To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either. — Agnes Obel Copy Share Image
I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music - I got… — Marianne Faithfull Copy Share Image
Classical music is something that we're very passionate about, but we always thought it was presented in a stuffy way. — Aleksey Igudesman Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to a lot of classic jazz, and stuff like The Beatles, and old Motown stuff, and a lot… — Alison Sudol Copy Share Image
From the spiritual came the blues, gospel, and rhythm-and-blues. I heard all of that music growing up, and that has influenced how… — Kathleen Battle Copy Share Image
I have no doubt that there are great people about though... the thing of it is, nothing to this day moves me… — Gary Lucas Copy Share Image
I started listening to classical music when I was in my early teens. Prior to that, I listened to pop records or… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I do like classical music, and soft rock, and jazz, which I never listened to when I was 15. Now I like… — Dmitry Medvedev Copy Share Image
I was fairly poor but most of my money went for wine and classical music. I loved to mix the two together. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I learned the cello , but I would still need a massive amount of practice. But I do play classical music, so… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
