Classical Quotes

639 quotes by 529 authors

If history, philosophy and so on vanish from academic life, what they leave in their wake may be a technical training facility or corporate research… — Terry Eagleton
I tend to listen to the classical composers: Rachmaninov, Satie. — Enya
My family was musical on both sides. My father's family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a contest to be… — Gloria Estefan
A glance at the history of European poetry is enough to inform us that rhyme itself is not indispensable. Latin poetry in the classical age… — James Fenton
I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. — Eddie Van Halen
At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music. — Herbie Hancock
I started off with classical music, and I got into jazz when I was about 14 years old. And I've been playing jazz ever since. — Herbie Hancock
I enjoy all forms of music - pop, classical and opera. — Stephen Hawking
Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having… — William Hazlitt
Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune. — Kin Hubbard
People perceive opera and classical as elitist - I disagree. I've always tried to mix the two, make it more accessible. — Katherine Jenkins
I've been lucky that I've performed with a lot of the classical people I've wanted to work with so I'd like to do something that… — Katherine Jenkins
There is this tremendous amount of arrogance and hubris, where somebody can look at something for five minutes and dismiss it. Whether you talk about… — Penn Jillette
When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory. — Billy Joel
I heard Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, and that was it. I didn't ever want to be anything else. I just started banging away… — Elton John
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world. — Samuel Johnson
I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background. — Adam Jones
When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you… — Alicia Keys
I definitely want to act, but I also want to score movies, and I have this idea to fuse classical music with other styles that… — Alicia Keys
I always listen to all kinds of different music from different years. I listen to the contemporary, but once in a while into eighties, you… — Olga Kurylenko

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