--- title: "22 Liszt Quotes by 19 authors" description: "Browse 22 Liszt quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Liszt sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/james-huneker-35550_brandy_liszt-s-so-called-piano-music-is-nothing_2609849.jpg" --- > [Liszt's so-called piano music is nothing but Chopin and brandy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-huneker/liszt-s-so-called-piano-music-is-nothing-but-chopin-and-brandy/) [James Huneker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-huneker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/james-huneker-35550_brandy_liszt-s-so-called-piano-music-is-nothing_2609849.jpg) > [“He gives me the impression of being a spoilt child. (on Liszt)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-schumann/he-gives-me-the-impression-of-being-a-spoilt-child-on-liszt/) [Clara Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-schumann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/991/clara-schumann-28551_children_he-gives-me-the-impression-of-being-a-sp_916131.jpg) > [Liszt was a bit of a rock and roller at heart, but he was a bit of a puritan on his sounds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wakeman/liszt-was-a-bit-of-a-rock-and-roller-at-heart-but-he-was-a-bit-of-a/) [Rick Wakeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wakeman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/rick-wakeman-12343_bit_liszt-was-a-bit-of-a-rock-and-roller-at_2207923.jpg) > [Chopin, Schubert, and Liszt had no idea of how to write for the piano.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-gould/chopin-schubert-and-liszt-had-no-idea-of-how-to-write-for-the-piano/) [Glenn Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-gould/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/glenn-gould-13144_chopin_chopin-schubert-and-liszt-had-no-idea-of_788641.png) > [My parents are more likely to know who Franz Liszt is than Snooki.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-day/my-parents-are-more-likely-to-know-who-franz-liszt-is-than-snooki/) [Charlie Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc4/charlie-day-7729_parent_my-parents-are-more-likely-to-know-who-f_1439723.png) > [Beethoven and Liszt have contributed to the advent of long hair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-moreau-gottschalk/beethoven-and-liszt-have-contributed-to-the-advent-of-long-hair/) [Louis Moreau Gottschalk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-moreau-gottschalk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fb/louis-moreau-gottschalk-76541_advent_beethoven-and-liszt-have-contributed-to_635632.jpg) > [“Oscar is our Liszt and Bill Evans is our Chopin,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-isacoff/oscar-is-our-liszt-and-bill-evans-is-our-chopin/) [Stuart Isacoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-isacoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/stuart-isacoff-36005_quote_oscar-is-our-liszt-and-bill-evans-is-our_1362685.jpg) > [As a young composer I had a particular fondness for Liszt's Beethoven Symphony arrangements for the piano, and to this day I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hersch/as-a-young-composer-i-had-a-particular-fondness-for-liszt-s-beethoven/) [Michael Hersch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hersch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6b/michael-hersch-19433_arrangements_as-a-young-composer-i-had-a-particular-f_1032780.jpg) > [My mother had to explain that one couldn't compose a Liszt rhapsody because it was a piece of music that Liszt himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-prokofiev/my-mother-had-to-explain-that-one-couldn-t-compose-a-liszt-rhapsody/) [Sergei Prokofiev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-prokofiev/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b72/sergei-prokofiev-33620_music_my-mother-had-to-explain-that-one-couldn_593528.jpg) > [At the end of the competition, I played the Liszt concerto and I felt my head was on the block. Well, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-boucourechliev/at-the-end-of-the-competition-i-played-the-liszt-concerto-and-i-felt/) [Andre Boucourechliev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-boucourechliev/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/andre-boucourechliev-93345_block_at-the-end-of-the-competition-i-played-t_956763.jpg) > [“I feel that all the various features of Nature around me…provoked an emotional reaction in the depth of my soul, which I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/i-feel-that-all-the-various-features-of-nature-around-me-provoked-an/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58a/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_music_i-feel-that-all-the-various-features-of_2418026.jpg) > [Beginning in the nineteenth century, with performers like Franz Liszt, were musicians who were able to excite an audience and communicate on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finckel/beginning-in-the-nineteenth-century-with-performers-like-franz-liszt/) [David Finckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-finckel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97c/david-finckel-31491_able_beginning-in-the-nineteenth-century-with_379662.jpg) > [“Anything can pass as a Franz Liszt quote if you just mangalica say random Hungarian words in the middle of it. –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-liszt/anything-can-pass-as-a-franz-liszt-quote-if-you-just-mangalica-say/) [Franz Liszt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-liszt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/franz-liszt-13192_hungarian_anything-can-pass-as-a-franz-liszt-quote_1881149.jpg) > [My mother had to explain that one couldnt compose a Liszt rhapsody because it was a piece of music that Liszt himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-prokofiev/my-mother-had-to-explain-that-one-couldnt-compose-a-liszt-rhapsody/) [Sergei Prokofiev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-prokofiev/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/sergei-prokofiev-33620_inspirational_my-mother-had-to-explain-that-one-couldn_1429940.jpg) > [By the grace of God and with His help, I shall one day be a Liszt in technique and a Mozart in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bedrich-smetana/by-the-grace-of-god-and-with-his-help-i-shall-one-day-be-a-liszt-in/) [Bedrich Smetana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bedrich-smetana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/bedrich-smetana-77428_composition_by-the-grace-of-god-and-with-his-help-i_517393.jpg) > [Learning great works like the Liszt Sonata or Beethoven's 'Hammerklavier' should be a struggle to a certain extent, where you need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hough/learning-great-works-like-the-liszt-sonata-or-beethoven-s/) [Stephen Hough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/stephen-hough-6372_brain_learning-great-works-like-the-liszt-sona_1582236.jpg) > [Liszt commenting on the music of Frédéric Chopin: He confided . . . those inexpressible sorrows to which the pious give vent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-chopin/liszt-commenting-on-the-music-of-fr-d-ric-chopin-he-confided-those/) [Frederic Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-chopin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e43/frederic-chopin-9176_chopin_liszt-commenting-on-the-music-of-fr-d-ri_2723380.jpg) > [“What was infinitely more valuable to Wagner, and what excited his gratitude to even more superlative utterance, was the confidence which Liszt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagner/what-was-infinitely-more-valuable-to-wagner-and-what-excited-his/) [Richard Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/795/richard-wagner-7708_gratitude_what-was-infinitely-more-valuable-to-wag_3126988.jpg) > [The work of Liszt I most admire is the music he wrote toward the end of his life. This is often music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hersch/the-work-of-liszt-i-most-admire-is-the-music-he-wrote-toward-the-end/) [Michael Hersch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hersch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b51/michael-hersch-19433_admire_the-work-of-liszt-i-most-admire-is-the-m_2760858.jpg) > [Today, Lan Lan is one of my favourite classical pianists… Years ago I had a great admiration for Arthur Rubinstein but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-clayderman/today-lan-lan-is-one-of-my-favourite-classical-pianists-years-ago-i/) [Richard Clayderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-clayderman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b72/richard-clayderman-27290_admiration_today-lan-lan-is-one-of-my-favourite-cla_1732368.jpg) > [Before Liszt, a conductor was someone who just facilitated the performance, who would keep people together or beat the time, indicate the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hough/before-liszt-a-conductor-was-someone-who-just-facilitated-the/) [Stephen Hough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/stephen-hough-6372_conductor_before-liszt-a-conductor-was-someone-who_458163.jpg) > [“One Sunday evening when it was very hot and breathlessly still we sere sitting here in this room in the dusk. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-koenig/one-sunday-evening-when-it-was-very-hot-and-breathlessly-still-we/) [Laird Koenig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-koenig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/laird-koenig-55499_sunday-evening_one-sunday-evening-when-it-was-very-hot_403335.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liszt/#itemlist", "name": "Liszt Quotes", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Liszt's so-called piano music is nothing but Chopin and brandy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Huneker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-huneker/liszt-s-so-called-piano-music-is-nothing-but-chopin-and-brandy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/james-huneker-35550_brandy_liszt-s-so-called-piano-music-is-nothing_2609849.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/james-huneker-35550_brandy_liszt-s-so-called-piano-music-is-nothing_2609849.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/james-huneker-35550_brandy_liszt-s-so-called-piano-music-is-nothing_2609849.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Liszt's so-called piano music is nothing but Chopin and brandy.” — James Huneker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He gives me the impression of being a spoilt child. 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