Genius Quote by Stephen Hough

When you're a kid, Beethoven is Beethoven, but as I've grown older, my astonishment at the sheer inventiveness of the man has increased, and…

— Stephen Hough

In my early music-loving days, I thought Beethoven was a bit bombastic, a bit heroic, a bit, well, big.

— Sheila Hancock

I do not use the word 'genius' lightly, but if David Bowie is not a genius, then there is no such thing.

— Mick Rock

Beethoven was just music, and it didn't matter if he could hear it or not - he could feel it. He could hear it…

— Smokey Robinson

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

If Beethoven is a prodigy of man, Bach is a miracle of God.

— Gioachino Rossini

Beethoven was so hard of hearing, he thought he was a painter.

— George Carlin

Don't forget that Mozart worked on commission. He almost always would write something if he knew exactly who was paying for it and where…

— Eric Weiner

Beethoven was always too much. He's not slightly anything - he's very everything.

— Simon Rattle

Genius is a word too often tossed around in musical circles.

— Stanley Jordan

Bach is an astronomer, discovering the most marvellous stars. Beethoven challenges the universe. I only try to express the soul and the heart of…

— Frederic Chopin

The term 'genius' is inapplicable to anyone in this game. A genius is Norman Einstein.

— Joe Theismann