Beethoven Quotes

187 Beethoven quotes by 152 unique authors

Roll over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news. — Chuck Berry
I don't take much from my own father, because he was a very austere, quiet, private man who would come home from work, go to… — John Mahoney
Beethoven in c minor has come to symbolize his artistic character...where he seems to be most impatient of any compromise. — Charles Rosen
One type of concentration is immediate and complete, as it was with Mozart. The other is plodding and only completed in stages, as with Beethoven.… — Stephen Spender
You can chase a Beethoven symphony all your life and never catch up. — Andre Previn
I hate playing the piano! And it's so hard to fight for Beethoven's soul! But that's what I have to do! — Charles Hazlewood
The three greatest composers are Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. All the others are cretins. — Hans von Bulow
Nothing in the next-door world of Dachau impinged on the great winter cycle of Beethoven chamber music played in Munich. No canvases came off museum… — George Steiner
If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many times, they can… — Robert Fripp
I was a strange, loud little kid who could sit at the piano and kill a Beethoven piece. — Lady Gaga
With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly… — Stephen Jay Gould
My mom and I were super tight. I think she really wanted me to be an artist, you know? She used to like to tell… — Harry Connick, Jr.
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man. — E. M. Forster
Imagine if Beethoven had a tape recorder. Then you'd know exactly what he meant. Maybe he meant 'Da da da da' instead of 'Boom boom… — Eddie Van Halen
I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself… — Jascha Heifetz
Anybody can build a building, putting some doors into it, but how many times have you been in a building that moves you to tears… — Philip Johnson
When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony. — Madeleine L'Engle
I find little in the works of Beethoven, Berlioz, Wagner and others when they are led by a conductor who functions like a windmill. — Franz Liszt
Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all. — Vanessa Mae
There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played, you can believe the second violin wasn't improvising. — Wynton Marsalis
It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. — H. L. Mencken
Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration. — Ernest Newman
Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something to please the upper structure, those with money and power. — Sun Ra
I wouldn't want to hear Beethoven without beautiful bass, the cellos, the tuba. It's very important. Hip-hop has thunderous bass. And so does Beethoven. If… — Lou Reed
I like Beethoven, especially the poems. — Ringo Starr

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