Conceit Quote by William Hazlitt

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

— Rebecca West

“Classical music is good for relaxing”

— Adam Anderson

When I'm in the classical world, I really treat it as exactly classical and I don't try and spruce it up or jazz it…

— Rufus Wainwright

I’ve learned what ‘classical’ means. It means something that sings and dances through sheer joy of existence.

— Gustav Holst

Serene will be our days, and bright and happy will our nature be, when love is an unerring light, and joy its own security.

— William Wordsworth

Obviously there are pieces of classical music that are some of the most beautiful music ever written, for me anyway is a lot of…

— Bryce Dessner

The peculiar characteristic of classical music is that it is really better than it sounds.

— Edgar Wilson Nye

I grew up with classical music when I was a ballet dancer. Now when I have to prepare an emotional scene, to cry or…

— Diane Kruger

“One reason people find baroque music soothing is that its inherent rhythm of sixty-four to sixty-eight beats per minute is similar to that of…

— Allan Hamilton

Listening to classical music is a journey not a state; it's an activity not a meditation.

— Armando Iannucci

Serene, I fold my hands and wait, Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea; I rave no more 'gainst time or fate, For…

— John Burroughs

And what classical music does best and must always do more, is to show this kind of transformation of moods, to show a very…

— Michael Tilson Thomas