Lyrical Quote by Kiri Te Kanawa

I can admire music where you feel the composer has everything organized and perfectly shaped, but it doesn't touch me. I like to feel…

— Stephen Hough

To be a great composer requires immense experience... One acquires this by listening not only to other men's work, but above all to one's…

— Frederic Chopin

It is hard to think of another composer who so perfectly marries form and passion.

— Leonard Bernstein

I grew up with classical music when I was a ballet dancer. Now when I have to prepare an emotional scene, to cry or…

— Diane Kruger

I don't ever sing classically when I am singing a contemporary score - I kind of try to fit in whatever needs to happen.

— Kelli O'Hara

I admire Johann Strauss a lot. I believe he was a genius of his time.

— Andre Rieu

I love the power of the musician who composes and performs. I envy their ability to put a nugget of truth in three minutes…

— Kim Harrison

I sort of enjoy being able to hear what other composers are doing and how they might score something differently than me. I enjoy…

— Marco Beltrami

I see it as my job to try to keep Bach in the mainstream and present his music with, rather than without, its emotional…

— Nigel Kennedy

I like to see myself as a composer first and only then as a singer.

— D. Imman

I pinch myself every night when I hear the overture starting. I'm so overwhelmed by the whole process, and humbled and giddy all at…

— Tituss Burgess

And what classical music does best and must always do more, is to show this kind of transformation of moods, to show a very…

— Michael Tilson Thomas