Classical musicians go to the conservatories, rock´n roll musicians go to the garages. — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
“classical musicians are now as subject to marketing principles as any other performers.” — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
Music is indeed the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. — Ludwig van Beethoven 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
Iceland is so small; classical musicians play on pop projects and pop musicians play with jazz musicians. — Laufey Copy Share Image
Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky were not classical musicians while they were alive and active, they were the rock stars of their… — Seymour Stein Copy Share Image
My son does not appreciate classical musicians such as the Stones; he is more into bands with names like Heave and Squatting… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I'd been trained as a classical musician, but also as a pop musician. My teacher made sure that everything was available. — Jeanine Tesori Copy Share Image
There are a lot of classical musicians in my family, so I grew up with that being kind of normal. — Hildur Gudnadottir 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
You don't see the European classical musicians allowing the music of Bach, Brahms, or Beethoven to become extinct. That music has gone… — Rahsaan Roland Kirk Copy Share Image
Kolkata is a musical city. What I like about people here is the lack of diplomacy. Some of the best Indian classical… — Sukhwinder Singh Copy Share Image
Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
When you hear the melodic structures of what classical musicians put together and you compare it to that of a rock &… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
And what classical music does best and must always do more, is to show this kind of transformation of moods, to show… — Michael Tilson Thomas Copy Share Image
I don't really have a career as a jazz musician. I don't really have a career as a classical musician. I don't… — Paul Smoker Copy Share Image
Artists, whether they're classical musicians or pop musicians, they have always been the reflection of society, and in many ways a healing… — George Duke Copy Share Image
Being from a classical environment, I've always been provoked by classical musicians thinking that classical music is so much greater art than… — Matias Tellez Copy Share Image
“My gaze returns to earth and when it does, it’s her eyes I see. Not the way I used to see them—around… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and six bars… — John Abercrombie Copy Share Image
All of us in the field must remain constantly vigilant and fight against all types of inappropriate and hurtful behavior and continue… — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
My brother had a house in Paris. To it came many Western classical musicians. These musicians all made the same point: 'Indian… — Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
I know I’m an African-American, and I know I play the saxophone, but I’m not a jazz musician. I’m not a classical… — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
Musicians like to converse. There's always interesting conversation with musicians - with classical musicians, with jazz musicians, musicians in general. — Wynton Marsalis 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 would like for people to not be stuck by the rules of what is expected of a classical musician. If you… — Charlie Albright Copy Share Image
It would have been more obvious to go into film, based on the generation before me, but the generation before them were… — Robert Coppola Schwartzman Copy Share Image
I am compared to other classical musicians, but most of them perform songs from other people, and most of those composers belong… — Ludovico Einaudi Copy Share Image
There's a bit of a new guard of contemporary classical musicians in New York, and we play a lot of different kinds… — Caroline Shaw Copy Share Image
When working with classical musicians, it is important to be clear as possible in the score about what my intentions are. Because… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
I think the other thing that's important is getting to a place, which very, very rarely happens with improvising groups, where somebody… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
