Beatles Quote by Alan Menken

Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky were not classical musicians while they were alive and active, they were the rock stars of their day.

— Seymour Stein

I grew up listening to my parents' albums. Many of them were either classical - Bach, Beethoven and Brahms - or easy listening, like…

— John Densmore

Me, who's educated classically, I went toward rock music 'cause it was sort of a natural evolution from where I was playing with my…

— Bryce Dessner

Fortunately, I started very young, so I read music very well. And my favorite composers to play are Brahms and Mozart.

— Condoleezza Rice

Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all.

— Vanessa Mae

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

— Sara Zarr

My parents loved classical music. And my father adored Mozart. But for some reason, I always had a reaction against it.

— Simon McBurney

I've always loved music. I grew up with older brothers and sisters who were into music, played The Beatles and the Rolling Stones and…

— Hope Sandoval

I wasn't listening to that much classical music - not much more than anything else. I was really lucky to have parents who loved…

— Cecile McLorin Salvant

I took classical music very seriously as a kid.

— Laufey

When I was growing up, until I was 18 or 19, I was totally invested in the classical music world. I had no concept…

— Katie Stelmanis

I'm trained in classical music, and my favourites have always been rock n' roll and blues, but I've grown up with different kinds of…

— Shruti Haasan