Classical music Quote by Julia Holter

Musical themes developing is a lot of what classical music is based on, and exposition and recapitulation - these kinds of things I find…

— Julia Holter

I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either.

— Agnes Obel

I think doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do.

— Tori Amos

The point of recapitulation in the first movement of the Ninth [Symphony of Beethoven] is one of the most horrifying moments in music, as…

— Susan McClary

Thank God for movie music. It preserves the rich vocabulary in classical music through challenging times.

— Michael Tilson Thomas

I'd like to explode a few myths about what we call classical music. It's not high art for the titillation of a chosen few.

— Charles Hazlewood

I have an issue with classical music.

— David Baddiel

There is a musical rhythm to great writing, especially if it's performed correctly.

— Richard LaGravenese

As a film composer I deal with short bursts of musical ideas that are defined to a large extent by what's happening on the…

— James Newton Howard

Classical music has been based on works people love and come back to for aural comfort.

— Leila Josefowicz

When I'm in the classical world, I really treat it as exactly classical and I don't try and spruce it up or jazz it…

— Rufus Wainwright

Classical music's ability to translate emotional themes is fantastic.

— Alan Price