Being Quote by Shankar Mahadevan

I wasn't a jazz player, but a classical musician, and I improvised arrangements of popular songs using classical motifs.

— Nina Simone

Being a classical musician, you can go to school for it; you can go get a degree. Even as a composer, there is a…

— Bryce Dessner

I've got a wonky nose. Is it classical, is it not? That's what's hard work, getting down into the nitty-gritty of who are the…

— Ciaran Hinds

Growing up as a classical musician, you're taught a lot about outreach and about how people aren't being taught music in school. But you…

— Hilary Hahn

I think for a classical musician the goal is the same as an electronic musician. A very good professional classical musician must not think…

— Gregor Schwellenbach

A lot of people ask how I ended up doing classical music given that I'm in a rock band. The truth is that it's…

— Bryce Dessner

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'd been trained as a classical musician, but also as a pop musician. My teacher made sure that everything was available.

— Jeanine Tesori

Being a classical musician, you're doing many things anyway. One day you're doing Bach concerto and the next you're doing some avant-garde thing. It's…

— Joshua Bell

My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer.

— John Sebastian

I don't really have a career as a jazz musician. I don't really have a career as a classical musician. I don't really have…

— Paul Smoker

When I was young, I was being pushed, against my will, towards becoming a classical musician. I had music scholarships; I had to play…

— Johnny Flynn