Difficult Quote by Joe Goddard

My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized.

— Martin Short

I grew up loving symphonies. Beethoven is beautiful.

— Lil Xan

That was my first love growing up - classical orchestral music, especially Impressionism.

— Butch Trucks

I did classical music when I was a teenager, but the experience of performing a classical concert felt too frighteningly pristine for me to…

— Jon Hopkins

When I listen to a symphony I love, I don't get from it what the composer got. His 'Yes' was different from mine. He…

— Ayn Rand

I took classical music very seriously as a kid.

— Laufey

I love symphonies. I love string sections.

— Glen Campbell

If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies.

— Gustav Mahler

I think that of my 21 symphonies, each has its own place.

— Alan Hovhaness

To play with a symphony today is just fabulous.

— Glen Campbell

I first heard Mahler's second symphony aged 11 in Liverpool, and it inspired me to become a conductor.

— Simon Rattle

I don't see myself necessarily having a burning desire to write a symphony.

— Danny Elfman