Facts Quote by Catherine Deneuve

Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.

— Questlove

Many people think of me as a modernist, as a radical in music, you know, someone who's always sort of at the avant-garde of…

— Gunther Schuller

I've always been heavily influenced by classical music, mostly by baroque music.

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I got involved with classical music when I was in high school and it's followed me throughout my entire life and probably had a…

— Benjamin Carson

I was born out of classical music.

— Mika

I had been exposed to classical music my whole life; even before I was born.

— Jason Becker

I come from a classical background.

— David Draiman

My family were all into classical music, and I found that very intimidating.

— Elizabeth McGovern

I've led a very eclectic life.

— Billy Bob Thornton

I've always seen myself as the person listening to alternative music and all that - generic indie person. I always tried to be the…

— Jenny Hval

A lot of people don't know that my background is completely classical. For a while there, I was all about Moliere and the Greeks…

— Katy Mixon

My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I have 19th-century ideals.

— Gordon Getty