Chamber Quote by S. J. Perelman

All great composers of the past spent most of their time studying. Feeling alone won't do the job. A man also needs technique.

— George Gershwin

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

I tend to listen to the classical composers: Rachmaninov, Satie.

— Enya

I listen only to Bach, Beethoven or Mozart. Life is too short to waste on other composers.

— John Edensor Littlewood

I still the love classic period, but also the baroque period, and even 17th-Century music such as the music of Monteverdi. He's one of…

— Cecilia Bartoli

I find that I never lose Bach. I don't know why I have always loved him so. Except that he is so pure, so…

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

I love the early sonatas; I love the early Mozart, period. I'm really fond of that moment when he was either emulating Haydn or…

— Glenn Gould

I loved a lot of the romantic composers.

— Alice Merton

Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti.

— Neville Marriner

I used to love Bach.

— Josh Silver

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

With Schubert, a lot of the melodies are very simple, but he's in this groove. He's in touch with his heart.

— Tom Wopat