Combination Quote by John Medina

There's so many different ways to play Mozart.

— Hilary Hahn

It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year.

— Tom Lehrer

It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.

— Tom Lehrer

Mozart is the incarnation of music.

— Joseph Haydn

Mozart is always a bit of a challenge - you know, even though it is often given to very young singers, it is actually…

— Sarah Brightman

Everyone says you have to be a specialist, and if you conduct Wagner you cannot conduct Mozart - this is nonsense.

— Georg Solti

The revolutionary Mozart is the Mozart of his last eight years.

— Wolfgang Hildesheimer

How pleasant it is to be ignorant! Not to know exactly who Mozart was, to ignore his origin, his influence, the details of his…

— Maria Luisa Bombal

Certain things in Mozart will and can never be excelled.

— Richard Wagner

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

— Alexander Kluge

Mozart's music gives us permission to live.

— John Updike

Some people really want to play Mozart and be just performers. I was more interested in invention.

— Steve Lacy