California Quote by Dave Brubeck

I've always loved French music. My parents adored it; my father played it on the piano.

— Simon Rattle

A Composition on the Piano

— Johann Sebastian Bach

A review of his work: His music soon spread throughout Europe, and he was invited to America were he performed the Piano Concerto. He…

— Ottorino Respighi

I was raised on the classics - Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and others.

— John de Lancie

I love Le Carre's writing.

— Florence Pugh

Right at the end of the war I wrote a piano sonata, which was written at a time when Sam Barber used to come…

— Elliott Carter

Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.

— Gavin Bryars

Milan Kundera was my literature professor. He's a Francophile, so he made us read French novels like 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses,' which I made a…

— Milos Forman

I am very interested in writers from the Francophone world. I like Kamel Daoud a lot, for example. In "The Meursault Investigation" and "Zabor,"…

— Emmanuel Macron

I would prefer to listen to a French classical composer like Olivier Messiaen than to the pop hits of the day.

— Matt Groening

I always work with the same composer, his name is Ali Helnwein. I don't have a musical background.

— Alex Prager

George Winston piano albums have been my go-to since junior high.

— Chris Sacca