Classical Quotes · Page 11

Classical pianist Awadagin Pratt. I first heard this eccentric and introverted performer when I was living in the Midwest. He was playing…

— Daniel Breaker

I just loved classical music, but I also loved playing rock guitar, and I loved playing piano, so it was a natural…

— Trevor Rabin

But in the Indian film industry, from the moment a child is born, he is taught music, he is taken for classical…

— Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

Classical buildings endure because they are loved, admired and accepted, and enjoy an innate adaption to human needs and purposes.

— Roger Scruton

My parents met in music school, and my father was a music professor and conductor. Growing up, we always had classical and…

— Sara Zarr

I adore the classical pieces of our culture. The Greek and Roman are still inside and everywhere; it's impossible to disconnect.

— Alessandro Michele

I don't think you can mix classical music and reggae. It's not possible. But some producer in, like, Norway is going to…

— B.o.B

There was a time when people were afraid that film music would totally displace classical music.

— Y. G. Mahendran

There is a reactionary conservative side of classical music, which is not the most exciting side of it. The side that draws…

— Bryce Dessner

Classical scores go up and down; they're kind of hysterical in a way. And movie scores are much more - they just…

— Darren Aronofsky

I was classically trained. But more than just the fact that I play violin, there's a lot of classical elements in the…

— Lindsey Stirling

The classical guitar has a dynamic to it unlike a regular acoustic guitar or an electric guitar. You know, there's times when…

— Steve Vai

I would like for people to not be stuck by the rules of what is expected of a classical musician. If you…

— Charlie Albright

Contrary to popular opinion, classical music does not have to be enjoyed amid exclusive circles, there need not be any snobbishness attached…

— Andre Rieu

Classical music is far from boring - it has all the blood, energy, the sinister dark side, rhythm that rock music has,…

— Yuja Wang

For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's…

— Pat Metheny

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

What I don't find compelling is doing classical plays that everyone already knows - and people are following with the text in…

— Joseph Fiennes

What I do for migraines when I get them, I listen to classical music, and I turn it up really loud.

— Ian McLagan

Many classical musicians lack pulse and rhythmical strength and precision, so for us it was very important to acquire and learn those.

— Luka Sulic

They're simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there's no great challenge In being…

— Buddy Rich

I studied dance for about 15 years, various disciplines, with classical ballet as my primary.

— Dana Loesch

I studied classical guitar in school, and that type of stuff has led to writing for Kronos.

— Bryce Dessner

Quantum mechanics broke the mold of the previous framework, classical mechanics, by establishing that the predictions of science are necessarily probabilistic.

— Brian Greene

It was very interesting in my world, because I grew up as a fan and I did not know that there was…

— Lionel Richie

I love classical music. Yes, I was in a conservatory when I was younger and played guitar and all that stuff, so…

— Matt Schulze

I used to sing classical music to the flowers in the garden and imagine they were all different parts of the orchestra.…

— Joe Lycett

I can sing any song today unless it is classical, because classical needs a lot of training and I haven't learnt that.…

— KK

I don't like the idea of 'classical crossover,' even if sometimes I see this category given to what I'm doing.

— Ludovico Einaudi

Classical music is always a really great way for me to get my chops to where I want them to be.

— Lucia Micarelli

My whole life has been in classical music, I've been trained to become the best musician possible, play the piece the best,…

— Laufey

The realm of classical music is so vast - not only in terms of style but of era, age and the purposes…

— David Finckel

There are a lot of classical musicians in my family, so I grew up with that being kind of normal.

— Hildur Gudnadottir

I never really had a classical saxophone set-up. I just had a middle of the road set up.

— Jon Gordon

Alchemy is one of the good quote-unquote south-Asian experiences in that it has a wide variety of classical to experimental music.

— Anoushka Shankar

My greatest influence came from my parents' love of classical music. We listened to a lot of arias and operas growing up.

— Lara Fabian

I like classical music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and I adore Bach above all.

— Gregory Maguire

What makes one type of music classical and one bluegrass and one folk - these things aren't what's important.

— Chris Thile

I grew up mostly with classical, big band, and a lot of Irish music - I really didn't start listening to rock…

— Moira Kelly

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