Classical music Quote by Billy Joel

The whole thing of being in music is not to control it but to be swept away by it. If you're swept away by…

— Bobby Hutcherson

When you hear the melodic structures of what classical musicians put together and you compare it to that of a rock & roll record,…

— Jimmy Page

I don't really have an ambition to become the Rolling Stones, or anything like that. For me, it's just playing music is kind of…

— Jonathan Jackson

Today, there's so many different types of music out there that it's difficult to keep up. Things do change; it's only natural.

— Dusty Hill

I will keep playing as long as my body lets me, and as long as I'm wanted by my listeners. Because music is the…

— Ravi Shankar

A lot of people may not know how competitive it is to play classical music, because when you think about it, the music that…

— Jamie Foxx

That's what music has always been to me: a feel. I've listened to the Stones many times and it still makes me have that…

— Mike McCready

I think there is quite a continuity over my 25 years of doing music, and I'm always trying to break away from it.

— Cliff Martinez

As a musician, you kinda get used to failure in life, and then when things actually start succeeding, it's a very interesting feeling.

— Alison Sudol

When you get the rush of live performing, it's hard to give that up.

— Jim Ross

Music moves forward so quickly; music is an accumulation of knowledge, and musicians keep getting better and better.

— Allan Holdsworth

There are a lot better musicians than me out there that just haven't had the luck to fall into everything like I have.

— Glenn Tipton