Being played Quote by Miles Davis

Bach was so mathematical and I liked this idea that you could have one instrument going, 'One, two, three, four', and then you have…

— Paul McCartney

“Bach’s Suite no. 3 in D”

— Catherine McKenzie

I know Ornette was playing violin sometimes - that was his bridge into the classical world, to break up that whole pecking order.

— Wayne Shorter

Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I dont understand why this happens in the…

— Ennio Morricone

I liked Bach played the way people expect Chopin to be played, and vice versa.

— Eleanor Bron

“A Round of fiddles playing Bach.”

— Louis Zukofsky

“All Bach's last movements are like the running of a sewing machine. (on Bach)”

— Arnold Bax

Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.

— Victor Borge

Whenever you study composition you inevitably encounter Bach right off the bat. You can't get across the room without running into him and the…

— Howard Roberts

Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I don't understand why this happens in the…

— Ennio Morricone

There are three Bachs. Johann, Sebastian and Offen.

— Victor Borge

“A single composition can have so many meanings depending on the person playing.”

— Penelope Douglas