Amount Quote by Ralph Vaughan Williams

There has been a whole lot. Just to combine a musical career with the last year on high school was enough as it is.…

— Lene Marlin

I think every classically trained film composer feels to some extent, maybe on some level, that they took the low road, that they could…

— James Newton Howard

There's always been good and bad music. Many composers hide behind modern music in order to not make music.

— Pepe Romero

I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that…

— Nina Simone

I like to say that I had a really good musical education because it was inclusive of all styles of music and I like…

— Joe Louis Walker

I think that Yes' music is kind of on its own out there, and it goes through different chapters, and that involves different people.…

— Geoff Downes

Of course we had the best possible classical education, which gave us a very strong foundation and tradition. But we also learned a lot…

— Luka Sulic

“There is a striking feature of the twentieth century… the musical creation of the 20th century is qualitatively different from the 18th century, in…

— Noam Chomsky

I wasn't listening to that much classical music - not much more than anything else. I was really lucky to have parents who loved…

— Cecile McLorin Salvant

The sonatas of Mozart are unique; they are too easy for children, and too difficult for artists.

— Artur Schnabel

I wanted to be a film composer because I heard scores that could stand alone, from 'Vertigo' to 'Star Wars' to 'La Dolce Vita,'…

— Alexandre Desplat

Oh, stuff the critics. I don't care. Too many people are snooty about classical. Look, I wasn't brought up in a home where we…

— Katherine Jenkins