Approach Quote by Mike Patton

I began as a violinist, not a composer. Thus my contact with orchestral musicians, with the source of music, is very important.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

Classical - perhaps I should say 'orchestral' - music is so digital, so cut up, rhythmically, pitchwise and in terms of the roles of…

— Brian Eno

No one told Miles Davis or BB King to pack it in. John Lee Hooker played literally up to the day he died. Why…

— Paul Weller

I won't want to compare if we are bigger than filmstars or not. Everyone has their space, it is beautiful. Everyone puts in insane…

— Rahul Vaidya

I didn't follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique or particular…

— Billy Sheehan

It's one thing to be recognized by your peers over the course of your career, but the Grammy is something else altogether. You have…

— John Petrucci

I am constantly amazed at the musicians that are able to do the same thing over and over for 20 or more years. That…

— Mike Patton

It is against the spirit of our non-discriminating times to openly prefer one sort of music to another, so let's just say that hearing…

— Howard Jacobson

“The orchestral music is glorious but I wish they'd stop playing for a minute: it's very hard to eavesdrop properly over a grand piano…

— Holly Smale

I never liked opera growing up. I always liked chamber music or solo music even more than orchestral music.

— Tod Machover

I think my playing has been orchestral throughout the years, and this is another way of expressing that. But I primarily see it as…

— Tony Williams

I was classically trained. But more than just the fact that I play violin, there's a lot of classical elements in the way I…

— Lindsey Stirling