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I would not want the limitations held by the name of a classical musician. I want many people to enjoy my music much beyond…

— Ji-Hae Park

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

It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the…

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

One cannot inherit a talent for the violin - there are no violins in nature. Instead, one must be motivated, able to benefit from…

— Marilyn vos Savant

I realised, however, that you can't sing when you're playing the violin - or at least I can't - and as that aspect of…

— Freya Ridings

Composers often think in terms of music and not of an instrument itself.

— Michala Petri

To be a composer, you have to be a die-hard music lover - which I am.

— Devi Sri Prasad

I like to stick with music I know I can play. I love classical, but I don't think I could ever play it. I'm…

— Willie Nelson

If you're alive, you have all the experience necessary to understand classical music.

— Michael Tilson Thomas

Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.'

— Ornette Coleman

“Well, I’ve been a musician my whole life. When I was two, I would sing the theme from Star Wars in my crib; my…

— Emilie Autumn

People have always thought of me as someone who's very classical,when in fact I've led a rather unconventional life.

— Catherine Deneuve