Classical Quotes
639 quotes by 529 authors
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Music was around in my family in two ways. My mother would occasionally sing to me, but I was mostly stimulated by the classical music…
— Tom Glazer
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My Dad died during the flu epidemic in 1918 when I was 4 years old. He left a lot of classical recordings behind that I…
— Tom Glazer
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When I listen to music today, it is about 99 percent classical. I rarely even listen to folk music, the music of my own specialty,…
— Tom Glazer
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I was a stage actor for 20 years or so; I was leading men in classical things. 'Shakespeare,' you know. And now, I never play…
— John Michael Higgins
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Many, many years ago, I was one of the few conductors who talked to the audience and now a lot of classical conductors have figured…
— Marvin Hamlisch
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Classicism becomes avant-garde when everyone else is doing their utmost to develop new stylistic forms. I think it's healthy to return to classical forms.
— Michael Haneke
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I like music. Country, hip-hop, R&B, sometimes classical.
— Zaha Hadid
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I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with good health, I've been blessed with stamina. Particularly for those…
— Derek Jacobi
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You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications are based on the quality of your Hamlet. And then,…
— Derek Jacobi
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Classical music has been based on works people love and come back to for aural comfort.
— Leila Josefowicz
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I cannot understate the ability to handle classical texts such as Shakespeare.
— Louise Jameson
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Once you've fallen from classical virtue, won't have a soul for to wake up and hold you.
— Rufus Wainwright
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That's the classical mind at work, runs fine inside but looks dingy on the surface.
— Robert M. Pirsig
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I started with the classical violin when I was 6, and I guess it went well.
— Alison Krauss
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There was a stage when Balanchine and I didn't talk. I was trying to develop my classical technique as opposed to the fast-track technique that…
— Gelsey Kirkland
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I wanted to be Laurence Olivier, basically, to be a great classical actor, and also be able to do modern things.
— Stacy Keach
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When I was at drama school I wanted to do classical theatre. It just so happened that I did a film when I came out…
— Andrew Lincoln
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My parents met in music school and my father was a music professor and conductor. Growing up, we always had classical and contemporary music playing.…
— Sara Zarr
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I don't believe that classical architecture is enough to engage people anymore. They say: 'So what else is new?'
— Peter Eisenman
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Liu Fang is a truly gifted, world-famous player of the pipa and the guzheng, classical Chinese stringed instruments.
— Guy Gavriel Kay
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