Classical Music Quotes - Page 10

• Classical music is far from boring - it has all the blood, energy, the sinister dark side, rhythm that rock music has, and all the refined, subtle sensuality that one can ask for

  Yuja Wang

  Music, Dark, Blood

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• A lot of people may not know how competitive it is to play classical music, because when you think about it, the music that you're playing is music that's been here for years. And all you're trying to do is improve upon it when you play.

  Jamie Foxx

  Thinking, Years, Play

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• Growing up, there was only classical music on BBC Radio. We had to listen to the American Forces Network in Germany, which played pop songs, or the pirate radio boats off the coast.

  Michael Caine

  Song, Growing Up, Pirate

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• What passion cannot music raise and quell!

  John Dryden

  Music, Passion, Piano

  A Song for St. Cecilia's Day st. 2 (1687)

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• That mainstream English is essential to our self-preservation is indisputable . . . but it is not necessary to abandon Spoken Soul to master Standard English, any more than it is necessary to abandon English to learn French or to deprecate jazz to appreciate classical music.

  John R. Rickford

  Self, Appreciate, Soul

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• Hip-hop has a feeling element, it's not just about knowing music. It's not like classical music or jazz where you can go on raw energy.

  Robert Greene

  Knowing, Hip Hop, Feelings

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• Classical music, fortunately or not, unfolds in time. It's not like a picture you can stare at for 10 seconds or 10 hours. You need the minimum amount of education and training, and society needs to find a way to study music - not only the performances, but how to compose, how to understand why Mozart was great at what he did.

  Carlo Grante

  Training, Needs, Way

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• I love classical music. It has left a major mark on my playing.

  Slash

  Music, Mark, Left

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• Artists, whether they're classical musicians or pop musicians, they have always been the reflection of society, and in many ways a healing part of whatever is wrong in society, and I think it's important for us to continue to do that, and I don't see enough of it today.

  George Duke

  Healing, Artist, Reflection

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

  Jeanine Tesori

  Teacher, Musician, Made

  "Composer Jeanine Tesori on Her Artistic Process and Rewarding Female Ambition". Interview with Victoria Myers, www.indiewire.com. March 27, 2015.

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• I think blues music is music of the soul. Of course, there are other forms. You could call some classical music blues music in that way.

  PJ Harvey

  Thinking, Soul, Way

  Interview with Gregg LaGambina, music.avclub.com. December 12, 2007.

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• I've been extremely lucky to work with Elmer Bernstein, Howard Shore over the years, but I've always imagined films with my own scores, because I don't come from that world or that period of filmmaking. And so how could I make up my own score on a film like this where it isn't necessarily made up of popular music from the radio or the period; it isn't necessarily classical music. But what if it's modern symphonic music?

  Martin Scorsese

  Years, What If, Lucky

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music.

  Tony Blair

  Rocks, Graduates, Truth Is

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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

  Thinking, People, Important

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• At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music.

  Herbie Hancock

  Tunnels, Vision, Musician

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• Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic purpose. Popular music helps people to develop a curiosity and leads them towards classical music.

  Andrea Bocelli

  People, Curiosity, Noses

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• I loved 'Fantasia' as a kid because it filled me with wonder, enchantment and awe. It was my first real introduction into classical music. It was totally inspiring to me.

  Nicolas Cage

  Real, Kids, Enchantment

  "Nicolas Cage, Single Dad On and Off-Screen". "Parade" Interview, parade.com. March 11, 2009.

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• It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera.

  Luciano Pavarotti

  People, Important, Age

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• Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background or any musical talent. They liked classical music, but neither could carry a tune.

  Gordon Getty

  Father, Rose, Parent

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• As far as I was concerned the important thing was that the music was getting the attention as well as me so it was always a great way to get more of the public to connect with classical music, and opera particularly.

  Lesley Garrett

  Important, Attention, Opera

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• Classical music is a wonderful 1200 year-old tradition that witnesses everything that it has meant and what it means right now to be human.

  Michael Tilson Thomas

  Mean, Years, Wonderful

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• Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music.

  Horace Silver

  Swings, Bebop, Broadway

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• I've got a lot of things that are probably obvious, not much outside the box right now. But, I have been listening to a lot of classical music lately for some reason. I used to do that a lot when I was doing cabinet making in New England. I've sort of returned to that for some reason. That might be surprising to people.

  Hal Ketchum

  People, Listening, Might

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• I started piano lessons at age six but didn't take music seriously until I was a teenager, when I thought about a career in music. I studied classical music, and my instruments were guitar and piano. I played keyboards in bands, and after high school I went to Vienna to study at the Academy of Music. I also became a session player, which culminated in my work with Tangerine Dream.

  Paul Haslinger

  Dream, Teenager, School

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• I couldn't listen to music with lyrics for the first few months after the brain surgery, because they were too complex and disturbing. So I listened to a lot of classical music. I didn't really want to read, either, so I listened to books on tape or watched movies. I also re-taught myself all of my childhood piano pieces. It helped me repair my brain.

  Rosanne Cash

  Book, Piano, Childhood

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