Advent Quote by Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Liszt was a bit of a rock and roller at heart, but he was a bit of a puritan on his sounds.

— Rick Wakeman

Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.

— Boy George

There are three reasons why men of genius have long hair. One is, that they forget it is growing. The second is, that they…

— Israel Zangwill

Beethoven was always too much. He's not slightly anything - he's very everything.

— Simon Rattle

When you're a kid, Beethoven is Beethoven, but as I've grown older, my astonishment at the sheer inventiveness of the man has increased, and…

— Stephen Hough

People associate long hair with drug use. I wish people associated long hair with something other than drug use, like an extreme longing for…

— Mitch Hedberg

I've always liked long hair. My dad's always had long hair, but he always tells me, 'I never had it in a ponytail.' And…

— David Seaman

The work of Liszt I most admire is the music he wrote toward the end of his life. This is often music of tremendous…

— Michael Hersch

I had long hair when I was a teenager.

— Beck

By the grace of God and with His help, I shall one day be a Liszt in technique and a Mozart in composition

— Bedrich Smetana

In keeping with the trend in the '70s, I liked my hair long.

— Mohnish Bahl

In my early music-loving days, I thought Beethoven was a bit bombastic, a bit heroic, a bit, well, big.

— Sheila Hancock