Classical music Quote by Charlie Albright

Being a musician, you want to be able to do the hardest stuff there is. People would think it's classical, but in classical, it's…

— Brian McKnight

Classical music is one of the best things that ever happened to mankind. If you get introduced to it in the right way, it…

— Yo-Yo Ma

It's not that people don't like classical music. It's that they don't have the chance to understand and to experience it.

— Gustavo Dudamel

I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either.

— Agnes Obel

I like to stick with music I know I can play. I love classical, but I don't think I could ever play it. I'm…

— Willie Nelson

A lot of people may not know how competitive it is to play classical music, because when you think about it, the music that…

— Jamie Foxx

Classical music, fortunately or not, unfolds in time. It's not like a picture you can stare at for 10 seconds or 10 hours. You…

— Carlo Grante

Music doesn't have to be so rule-based - and so strict in its structures, construction and perception.

— Stephen Mallinder

I believe that classical music comes through listening and practice, and it can be fun both for the singer or performer and the listener…

— Shankar Mahadevan

I never really had the chance to play the kind of music I wanted to play. It was always just classical. It had its…

— GRiZ

I think there are people who use classical music to say, 'I am better than you, because I know all the rules and you…

— Andre Rieu

But classical music is not entertainment, and I feel viciously strong about that. Classical music is forever. Entertainment is something that is here today,…

— Van Cliburn