Band Quote by Jack Black

Beethoven was ahead of the times, Bach behind them.

— Ralph Vaughan Williams

If they had Mozart today, they couldn't work with him, although he was a very adaptable man.

— Alexander Kluge

Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration.

— Ernest Newman

If Mozart were around now he would write a killer rock song.

— Vanessa Carlton

If Beethoven is a prodigy of man, Bach is a miracle of God.

— Gioachino Rossini

I would say that Beethoven's late string quartets are the nearest to God that we'll ever get.

— Sheila Hancock

Bach is an astronomer, discovering the most marvellous stars. Beethoven challenges the universe. I only try to express the soul and the heart of…

— Frederic Chopin

It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they…

— Karl Barth

How can such a disproportionately large number of people have a definite, and unusually positive relationship to Mozart?

— Wolfgang Hildesheimer

You can't have Bach, Mozart and Beethoven as your favorite composers. They simply define what music is!

— Michael Tilson Thomas

There's so many different ways to play Mozart.

— Hilary Hahn

Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's…

— Douglas Adams