Country Quote by George Crumb

Music has always been transnational; people pick up whatever interests them, and certainly a lot of classical music has absorbed influences from all over…

— Yo-Yo Ma

I've got this diverse education, growing up in classical music and existing between that and music that is more visceral, so for sure, I've…

— Bryce Dessner

Once you're in a particular country, and you're surrounded by musicians who are so adept at traditional music, you suddenly realize how much there…

— Evelyn Glennie

The world of classical music is so fascinating. It's a world that encompasses people from everywhere and erases the basic restraints of nationality; everyone…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

I'd never really travelled before, and when we started going places, like Japan, France, Germany and all over Europe, it's been interesting to see…

— Ryan Ross

Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods, due to the historical and geographical extensions of culture…

— George Crumb

In Germany, people feel like they own classical music, that it is somehow theirs. Over there, everyone still learns to play, and the great…

— Max Richter

I feel like there are moments where musicians may be more interested - or culture in general - to show roots and where one…

— Ruben Isaac Albarran Ortega

I love traditional music. But in any culture around the world, there is the historic and cultural music and everything that's been passed down…

— Robbie Robertson

Music is open-minded and has always travelled, every country takes something from another, and that's what makes the richness of music.

— Jain

Even the most jingoistic person would have to admit that even American cultural music comes from Europe. That's what classical music is, real European…

— Sonny Rollins

Music is always going to be only as sophisticated as the culture that consumes it.

— Jimmy Chamberlin