Airplane Quote by Claude Debussy

The century of airplanes has a right to its own music.

— Claude Debussy

The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create anew.

— Claude Debussy

Today's symphonic music is sponsored by the upper structures of society.

— Sun Ra

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— Tom Stoppard

I'm a fan of many different styles of classical and symphonic music.

— Billy Sheehan

I believe so deeply in the primacy of language, in lifting your prose to the highest level you're capable of and making your words…

— Dennis Lehane

New music is absolutely integral to classical music.

— Susanna Phillips

We have a duty towards music, namely, to invent it.

— Igor Stravinsky

We need to bring music to the people, even to those who normally do not listen to classical music.

— Simon Rattle

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— Michael Tilson Thomas

The realm of classical music is so vast - not only in terms of style but of era, age and the purposes for which…

— David Finckel

Music is a plane of wisdom, because music is a universal language, it is a language of honor, it is a noble precept, a…

— Sun Ra