Classical Music Genre Quotes

I had been exposed to classical music my whole life; even before I was born.

Ask about music growing up, I'll tell you I grew up playing classical music, and I didn't grow up in a musical household.

I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I heard an orchestra in my head.

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.

I did classical music when I was a teenager, but the experience of performing a classical concert felt too frighteningly pristine for me to continue with it.

I grew up with classical music when I was a ballet dancer. Now when I have to prepare an emotional scene, to cry or whatever, I listen to sonatas. Vivaldi and stuff. It's just beautiful to me.

I like - I actually love classical music very much.

When I was younger, I used to do that a lot: I would hear a part of a song that would really relax me and then put it on repeat. That would send me to sleep. It was quite obvious classical music, people like Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel.

Anyone who knows classical music and loves classical music has heard the Beethoven Seventh hundreds of times probably in their life.

I played classical as a kid.

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.

You know I'm a bit of a dag because I listen to classical music. I recently bought myself an iPod and downloaded every piece of classical music that I had access to onto that.

I was born out of classical music.

I grew up playing classical violin and a lot of Bach and Mozart and the things that Einstein loved.

Early on, I was a performer playing classical music. It's in my DNA in a way that I can't begin to extract it.

I had this exceptional classical music voice. If I'd followed a true path for my talent, I would have ended up being an opera singer.

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

It is interesting that our biggest fans are the greatest names of the classical music scene, such as Julian Rachlin, Janine Jansen, Mischa Maisky and Gidon Kremer. They even make guest appearances in our concerts occasionally.

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 up or make it easier for the masses.

I was raised with a lot of classical music. I loved ballet. I was a bun head for 10 years.

Actually, I've had very little classical training, although I love listening to classical music very much.

I took classical piano for a couple of years, but I sort of lost interest - I couldn't read a note today if I tried. I still enjoy that stuff, and I think I naturally gravitate towards the classical licks; in fact, I know that I do. I gravitate towards the classical licks that I heard by famous old composers.

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.

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.

I find that classical music helps put me in a place that is very calming and allows me to express emotion through my body. I played clarinet as a child, so I guess I have a bit of a musical ear.