Everything Quote by Michael Tippett

“The Buddha may have been the Beethoven of his psychological state, but Beethoven got to where he was gradually, and still fell somewhere on…

— Designing the Mind

Beethoven’s music always struck me. Always. He had this fire you know. I remember reading this story of him going deaf and pushing himself…

— Rodney Mullen

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

— Simon Rattle

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

— Sheila Hancock

Who can do anything after Beethoven?

— Franz Schubert

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

People become who they are. Even Beethoven became Beethoven.

— Randy Newman

Beethoven was so hard of hearing, he thought he was a painter.

— George Carlin

Beethoven was a deeply political man in the broadest sense of the word. He was not interested in daily politics, but concerned with questions…

— Daniel Barenboim

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music and of aviation.

— Tom Stoppard

Napoleon is dead - but Beethoven lives.

— Bruno Walter

I think it's time they knew the truth about Beethoven.

— Joan Rivers