Brahms Quote by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary. rather tiresomely addicted to dressing himself up as Handel or Beethoven and making a…

— George Bernard Shaw

“Classical music is not really my thing, and I know absolutely nothing about it. If you told me you saw Brendel play Brahms last…

— David Rosenfelt

The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary

— George Bernard Shaw

Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his.

— Franz Liszt

That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the style of…

— Elliott Carter

I consider Rahman as a great composer. I had a lump in my throat when I heard his name being announced. I thanked God…

— Gulzar

When I listen to a symphony I love, I don't get from it what the composer got. His 'Yes' was different from mine. He…

— Ayn Rand

...stories about [the German composer Johannes] Brahms's rudeness and wit amused me in particular. For instance, I loved the one about how a great…

— Arthur Rubinstein

The Detroit String Quartet played Brahms last night. Brahms lost.

— Bennett Cerf

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

— Eleanor Bron

When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes and rhythms. That's the…

— Dave Brubeck

After working with Ligeti I began to hear Brahms and Beethoven differently.

— Esa-Pekka Salonen