#beethoven

I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick! ↗

— Candy Crowley

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I play the piano and have been playing since I was 7, mainly classical Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart. ↗

— Kiana Tom

#beethoven #chopin #classical #i #mainly

With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

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Imagine if Beethoven had a tape recorder. Then you'd know exactly what he meant. Maybe he meant 'Da da da da' instead of 'Boom boom boom boom!' Who knows? ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#boom #exactly #had #imagine #instead

Frank Zappa... was Beethoven for insane rock guys. ↗

— Scott Ian

#frank #frank zappa #guys #insane #rock

Yesterday I was playing Beethoven's fifth, because I love that. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

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What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven. ↗

— Ludwig van Beethoven

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I remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and Jane Austen in literature. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#bach #beethoven #i #jane #jane austen

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#ear #ever #fifth #into #man

If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many times, they can play it in their sleep. Does the genius remain present in the music or not? ↗

— Robert Fripp

#does #genius #many #music #musician