#beethoven

After working with Ligeti I began to hear Brahms and Beethoven differently. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

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I think there's a poet who wrote once a tragedy by Shakespeare, a symphony by Beethoven and a thunderstorm are based on the same elements. I think that's a beautiful line. ↗

— Maximilian Schell

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A deaf composer's like a cook who's lost his sense of taste. A frog that's lost its webbed feet. A truck driver with his license revoked. That would throw anybody for a loop, don't you think? But Beethoven didn't let it get to him. Sure, he must have been a little depressed at first, but he didn't let misfortune get him down. It was like, Problem? What problem? He composed more than ever and came up with better music than anything he'd ever written. I really admire the guy. Like this Archduke Trio--he was nearly deaf when he wrote it, can you believe it? What I'm trying to say is, it must be tough on you not being able to read, but it's not the end of the world. You might not be able to read, but there are things only you can do. That's what you gotta focus on--your strengths. Like being able to talk with the stone. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

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Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

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I put together the influences of my life in as clear a way as I possibly can, in the same way that Beethoven or Schoenberg or Bach put their influences together. ↗

— John Zorn

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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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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

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Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all. ↗

— Vanessa Mae

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Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more. ↗

— Neville Marriner

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