Age Quote by Howard Jacobson

You know, a lot of people are loath to go to an orchestral concert because they are intimidated by the thought.

— Anthony Daniels

Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market.

— Skitch Henderson

But still as compared to many, many orchestras in the world, I think you find a lot more new music and living composers on…

— Michael Tilson Thomas

The fact that the theatregoing public likes my music is no credit to me. There are many other composers who write better music that…

— Jerome Kern

It can and will be a more powerful sound but the orchestra has far more potential for expressive power. When I hear a great…

— Glenn Branca

People think the world of music is so great, and it's just not. It's so boring, the way music is conceived and then declawed…

— Josh Tillman

Every orchestra has its own sound.

— Simon Rattle

Contrary to popular opinion, classical music does not have to be enjoyed amid exclusive circles, there need not be any snobbishness attached to it.…

— Andre Rieu

There's this notion that music has to be confined to some small, simple place to be popular, something I never believed.

— Kamasi Washington

I've always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people.

— Morton Gould

We have to go and show these people what classical music is. We say sometimes that classical music has a small audience, but it's…

— Gustavo Dudamel

All the music we know that's popular is actually commonly shared music that takes things that are similar about all of us.

— Tod Machover