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I was born and raised in Germany, so I was classically trained. Classical has been deep in me from a totally early age. Then,…

— Ramin Djawadi

My background in music is classical - I did graduate school in music. At that time, I was studying composition, but I was studying…

— Bryce Dessner

The more I got into playing guitar, the more I enjoyed music, and the broader my listening became. The instrument itself became important to…

— Alex Lifeson

Our music was, like, Doors-y, but trying to be classical. We all took music classes and tried writing songs, and when we put them…

— Fab Moretti

My musical life started with hearing and being fascinated by contemporary music.

— Elliott Carter

Our intention is to develop more subtlety in contemporary electronic sounds. We don't like nostalgic projects. We have disparate interests and many philosophical concerns.…

— Thomas Koner

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

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

When I was 9, I got guitar lessons in my school, just classical guitar. I didn't really like it much. Nowadays, I appreciate classical…

— Declan McKenna

Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods, due to the historical and geographical extensions of culture…

— George Crumb

Music has always been transnational; people pick up whatever interests them, and certainly a lot of classical music has absorbed influences from all over…

— Yo-Yo Ma

Of course we had the best possible classical education, which gave us a very strong foundation and tradition. But we also learned a lot…

— Luka Sulic