Classical Music Quotes

Just going to Bangladesh was an experience... if you go into small villages in the U.K., they're backward and culturally devoid. But if you go into small villages in Bangladesh, they have classical music concerts. Sarah Gavron
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I sit around listening to classical music. I don't play video games. I love to go to dinner, go on picnics, travel. George A. Romero
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I started off with classical music, and I got into jazz when I was about 14 years old. And I've been playing jazz ever since. Herbie Hancock
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What is classical music if not the epitome of sensuality, passion, and understated erotica that popular music, even with all of its energy and life, cannot even begin to touch? Lara St. John
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And what classical music does best and must always do more, is to show this kind of transformation of moods, to show a very wide psychological voyage. And I think that's something that we as classical musicians have underestimated. Michael Tilson Thomas
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When I was nine years old, I started playing guitar, and I took classical guitar lessons and studied music theory. And played jazz for a while. And then when I was around fourteen years old, I discovered punk rock. And so I then tried to unlearn everything I had learned in classical music and jazz so I could play in punk rock bands. Moby
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There is this tremendous amount of arrogance and hubris, where somebody can look at something for five minutes and dismiss it. Whether you talk about gaming or 20th century classical music, you can't do it in five minutes. You can't listen to 'The Rite of Spring' once and understand what Stravinsky was all about. Penn Jillette
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At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music. Satyajit Ray
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I suppose I am more comfortable with jazz because I have been playing it that much longer, and also because classical music is a much more disciplined genre. Adnan Sami
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I started playing music when I was about six and didn't discover Indian classical music until I was fifteen. So, essentially, I had a lot of catching up to do. Adnan Sami
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My roots are in classical music and jazz, and I want the freedom of being able to improvise. This freedom is possible only in a live concert. Adnan Sami
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Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. And at the other end of the spectrum, a base in European classical music as well. Ahmad Jamal
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As a kid, I loved classical music. Composers like Beethoven were like rock stars to me. Then there were the real rock stars: The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and Bob Dylan. Alan Menken
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For me, personally, the most interesting music comes from the popular sector - from film and pop music - since contemporary classical music got stuck and went into directions where it lost a lot of the public by over-intellectualizing. Aleksey Igudesman
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Our first show, 'A Little Nightmare Music,' encompasses a lot of zany humor with beautiful classical music. Aleksey Igudesman
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I definitely want to act, but I also want to score movies, and I have this idea to fuse classical music with other styles that would give it a different perception. Alicia Keys
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My mother was an opera singer and my grandmother a concert pianist, and they only liked classical music. If I put on a pop record, they would tell me to turn it off, so I only listen to classical. Amanda Eliasch
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My father knew classical music very well. Driving in the car, listening to the radio, he could name every composer, every movement, what piece it was. I was fascinated by the way he recognized who wrote what. Anat Cohen
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The classical music world is so snobbish. Andre Rieu
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I think there are people who use classical music to say, 'I am better than you, because I know all the rules and you don't.' You're not allowed to have fun or entertain. Andre Rieu
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I did a pop album, 'Sogno,' in 1999. I think it's important to record another pop album because many people love pop music. By this kind of repertoire, some people can later discover classical music. Andrea Bocelli
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I studied classical music for a year. Then, I studied jazz for a year at the New School, and then I got kicked out. You had to go to your class, so I don't know if that counts as studying. I didn't study jazz. I was supposed to. Andrew Wyatt
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We were really interested in music from all over the world. We realized that what we were doing was very close to contemporary classical music because of the lack of tonality in the guitar- the fact that I play guitar the way I play. Arto Lindsay
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My mom was an opera singer. She did all the classical music, and I heard it. I know every opera. I know every classical piece of music. Bakermat
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Although cover notes for classical music albums tend to say that the trill of flutes suggests mountain streams and so on, I don't think anybody listens to music with the expectation that they're going to be presented with a sort of landscape painting. Brian Eno
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It'll help you be imaginative if you listen to classical music. It helps you understand dynamics and how important they are to create an environment. Brittany Howard
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