Ego Quote by Glenn Gould

I think that, as a person, Beethoven talks to everyone in different ways.

— Andris Nelsons

As for my relationship to Beethoven, I admire people who can say what they really think. It's as though he's saying, 'That's how I…

— Andris Nelsons

In my early music-loving days, I thought Beethoven was a bit bombastic, a bit heroic, a bit, well, big.

— Sheila Hancock

Beethoven was a deeply political man in the broadest sense of the word. He was not interested in daily politics, but concerned with questions…

— Daniel Barenboim

I think it's time they knew the truth about Beethoven.

— Joan Rivers

Beethoven was just music, and it didn't matter if he could hear it or not - he could feel it. He could hear it…

— Smokey Robinson

I think there are very few people that I would give the title of genius to, really, but Beethoven unquestionably is one of them.

— Stephen Hough

Beethoven was always too much. He's not slightly anything - he's very everything.

— Simon Rattle

The Beethoven Experience provided the opportunity to solidify the relationship between the Orchestra and me, the Orchestra and me and the public, between all…

— Lorin Maazel

I find myself more genuinely drawn to the essence of Beethoven in Schnabel than I ever have been by anybody.

— Glenn Gould

People become who they are. Even Beethoven became Beethoven.

— Randy Newman

When you're a kid, Beethoven is Beethoven, but as I've grown older, my astonishment at the sheer inventiveness of the man has increased, and…

— Stephen Hough