Always Quote by Ludovico Einaudi

My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.

— Mitski

I love to work with all composers as that gives an artist variety.

— Kumar Sanu

I grew up with a lot of classical music around.

— Kemp Muhl

I've always been heavily influenced by classical music, mostly by baroque music.

— Yngwie Malmsteen

That's really always been the music that I've been in love with, always the music that I've written growing up. Even through Pentatonix, folk…

— Avi Kaplan

I've always been fascinated by music and sounds. I was lucky to receive proper classical training as an orchestra player and I'm always learning…

— Lior Ron

I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow.

— Bob Dylan

I loved a lot of the romantic composers.

— Alice Merton

I was very engaged by the folk music movement.Bob Dylan; Joan Baez; Peter, Paul and Mary. And then I sort of discovered world music,…

— Jill Stein

I enjoy reading about the lives of musicians, and find many similarities in their ideas of preparation and their utter devotion to this great,…

— Jessye Norman

My favorite composers are the ones that tell the story. I love Wagner. I love Mahler. Prokofiev. The programmatic music. I listen more to…

— Patti LuPone

I started writing music as a composer in school, in the classical tradition.

— Julia Holter