Ryuichi Sakamoto Quotes

I used to love Bach.

I like classical music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and I adore Bach above all.

I like Bach. I like Randy Newman.

You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?

I used to listen to a lot of Bach on the radio, and when the basses started to sing, it made everything complete - it made it all make sense.

I like - I actually love classical music very much.

I played a lot of Bach's partitas and sonatas; I like the way that Bach was abstracting already from these dance forms.

Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in western civilization, which is the music of Bach, is called baroque?

Probably the most reliable comfort music for me over the years has been Bach.

I don't listen to much modern composition.

Western music is Bach, Handel and Schubert. It's good music, cleverly done. As a musician, I can see that.

Listen to the triple fugue in 'Magnificat' - the first subject is seven voices, the second one has 52 different voices, the third uses five; then I combine all together. Such textures you cannot call primitive.

For years, my favorite composers had been Monteverdi and Bach. Then I began to rediscover the 19th century, see it from another perspective.

If one were asked to name one musician who came closest to composing without human flaw, I suppose general consensus would choose Johann Sebastian Bach.

I'm a nut for Bach as a composer.

Classical music presents some of the world's most challenging pieces.

Bach was a top harmonist geezer, which is why the jazz cats love him.

Music and opera are a big part of my life.

I never listen to music when I am writing. It would be impossible. I listen to Bach in the mornings, mostly choral music; also some Handel, mostly songs and arias; I like Schubert's and Beethoven's chamber music and Sibelius' symphonies; for opera, I listen to Mozart and in recent years Wagner.

I see it as my job to try to keep Bach in the mainstream and present his music with, rather than without, its emotional core.

Classical music can rock you!

The orchestral or symphonic music never interested me.

I love classical music and often listen to symphonies or opera in the morning.

I grew up on Bach and Beethoven, and now I'm listening to more modern composers who I can't even name. But since I'm constantly doing music, it's difficult to have that quality time to listen to music and do classical stuff.

Composers most identified with the chamber music form are Corelli, Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and, of course, Bach. Of course, Bach. If there is any one composer who gives us reason and emotion, it is Bach.