Quotes by Classical Music The sort of commercial parameters of classical music changed after the [World War II] , and the whole industry became more backward-looking. Esa-Pekka Salonen classical-music war world I'm not really involved with politics... I'm living in my cocoon with my classical music around. Eva Green cocoons involved classical-music I love gentle, gorgeous classical music such as Mozart. Felicity Kendal gorgeous gentle classical-music The history of music is nothing more than the history of art-music or classical music, the music that was commissioned by aristocrats. Frank Fairfield classical-music music-is art A good deal of classical music is, today, the opium of the good citizen. George Steiner classical-music citizens today I like classical music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and I adore Bach above all. Gregory Maguire classical-music late century What is best in music is not to be found in the notes. Gustav Mahler classical-music notes musical It's not that people don't like classical music. It's that they don't have the chance to understand and to experience it. Gustavo Dudamel classical-music chance people I like to listen to classical music... I like mainline jazz. Herb Alpert classical-music jazz What I do for migraines when I get them, I listen to classical music, and I turn it up really loud. Ian McLagan migraine classical-music loud That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise. Itzhak Perlman classical-music ability Jazz, for me, is a closed circuit, like the term baroque in the world of classical music. Jan Garbarek classical-music jazz world I'd been trained as a classical musician, but also as a pop musician. My teacher made sure that everything was available. Jeanine Tesori classical-music musician teacher I am not doing something that it is experimental music in relation to classical music. Joanna Newsom experimental-music classical-music relation I think it's time they knew the truth about Beethoven. Joan Rivers classical-music thinking I love classical music; I love the way it's worked... all those chord sequences so I often use that sort of effect in my solos. Jon Lord classical-music use way Another classical music teacher from Performing Arts that I've stayed in contact with is Jonathan Strasser. Jon Gordon classical-music teacher art Being a classical musician, you're doing many things anyway. One day you're doing Bach concerto and the next you're doing some avant-garde thing. It's just another hat that I'm allowed to wear. Joshua Bell classical-music musician one-day As a rule, my focus is on classical music, but I love jazz. I love everything, actually. Julie Andrews classical-music jazz focus I love listening to classical music. Katharine McPhee classical-music listening «1234»