Age Quote by Thomas Beecham

Mozart's music gives us permission to live.

— John Updike

Music should never be a dictatorship. It should be a symbiotic relationship between the musician and the audience.

— Chris Thile

You can practice for 30 years and still not be a Mozart. The most lethal combination would be a Mozart who practiced for thousands…

— John Medina

We need to bring music to the people, even to those who normally do not listen to classical music.

— Simon Rattle

Yeah, you're a regular Mozart...well, except for the whole music thing.

— James Dashner

There's so many different ways to play Mozart.

— Hilary Hahn

For anyone who doesn't have that connection with Mozart, I urge those people to go and find some of his music, because it can…

— Charles Hazlewood

If the nobles of the country really have the welfare of the people at heart, they should prevent and forbid music wherever it makes…

— John Tilbury

I listen to music. I particularly love Mozart.

— Martha Nussbaum

Some people really want to play Mozart and be just performers. I was more interested in invention.

— Steve Lacy

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

— John Edensor Littlewood

I know that if there’s a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.

— Maurice Sendak