Classical Music Quotes

170 Classical Music quotes by 137 unique authors

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
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
Classical music has been based on works people love and come back to for aural comfort. — Leila Josefowicz
A love of classical music is only partially a natural response to hearing the works performed, it also must come about by a decision to… — Charles Rosen
The death of classical music is perhaps its oldest continuing tradition. — Charles Rosen
In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation. A jazz musician, if he plays someone else's song, has… — Todd Boyd
A good deal of classical music is, today, the opium of the good citizen. — George Steiner
I got so much love for classical music and I hear so much incredible music.You should know a bunch of music and have respect for… — Bruno Mars
I'm not really involved with politics... I'm living in my cocoon with my classical music around. — Eva Green
I had to listen to the classical music because it calms me down, calms my nerves down. — Novak Djokovic
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
Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune. — Kin Hubbard
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
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
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
Music has always been transnational; people pick up whatever interests them, and certainly a lot of classical music has absorbed influences from all over the… — Yo-Yo Ma
The tradition of classical music and the opera is such that it used to be the place where social intercourse could take place between all… — Yo-Yo Ma

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