Bit Quote by Rick Wakeman

My mother had to explain that one couldnt compose a Liszt rhapsody because it was a piece of music that Liszt himself had composed.

— Sergei Prokofiev

My mother had to explain that one couldn't compose a Liszt rhapsody because it was a piece of music that Liszt himself had composed.

— Sergei Prokofiev

The work of Liszt I most admire is the music he wrote toward the end of his life. This is often music of tremendous…

— Michael Hersch

“What is Lisztomania, and how was it cured? Who was Drog, and what was his prophecy regarding Electronic Music? What preparation do you need…

— Patrick Brislan

By the grace of God and with His help, I shall one day be a Liszt in technique and a Mozart in composition

— Bedrich Smetana

Beethoven and Liszt have contributed to the advent of long hair.

— Louis Moreau Gottschalk

My parents are more likely to know who Franz Liszt is than Snooki.

— Charlie Day

One of my principal childhood memories is hearing one of the Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies waft throughout the house.

— Katharine Graham

As a young composer I had a particular fondness for Liszt's Beethoven Symphony arrangements for the piano, and to this day I enjoy playing…

— Michael Hersch

In any case, Ives encouraged me to go into music even though he himself had such a hard time being a composer.

— Elliott Carter

I've loved Alfred Cortot's playing from an early age, and I never tire of hearing his recordings, particularly Chopin and Schumann from the 1920s…

— Stephen Hough

Liberace was certainly master and commander of the ivories ~ he is the only pianist I can watch or listen to without suffering a…

— Anonymous