Brahms Quote by Hugo Wolf

When Brahms is in extra good spirits, he sings, "The grave is my joy".

— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary. rather tiresomely addicted to dressing himself up as Handel or Beethoven and making a…

— George Bernard Shaw

The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary

— George Bernard Shaw

That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the style of…

— Elliott Carter

Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his.

— Franz Liszt

...stories about [the German composer Johannes] Brahms's rudeness and wit amused me in particular. For instance, I loved the one about how a great…

— Arthur Rubinstein

There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms…

— George Bernard Shaw

“Classical music is not really my thing, and I know absolutely nothing about it. If you told me you saw Brendel play Brahms last…

— David Rosenfelt

Brahms is life-changing every time. And though I love him, I can't say that about Mompou.

— Stephen Hough

Brahms stayed an extra day to hear my [Fifth] Symphony and was very kind ... I like his honesty and open-mindedness. Neither he nor…

— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

“At breakfast, I might pass a Brahms symphony in my head. Then I am called to the phone, and half an hour later I…

— Arthur Rubinstein

Even if you're playing Brahms or a Beethoven concerto, you've got to have a different vantage point, slightly, each time.

— Nigel Kennedy