#classic

But I must own that I also felt stirred by an unselfish desire to voice all the joys and sorrows, the hopes and ambitions, of the American Negro, in classic musical form. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#american #classic #desire #felt #form

My musical background is like almost every non classical musician in the world. One day a special record was heard and that was it. I was hooked, started trying to play various instruments and was off to bar land to become a rock star. What else? ↗

— Kevin Johnson

#background #bar #become #classical #day

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#literary #literary men #men #over #parole

The Four Seasons was making me popular in Britain, but EMI America had no interest in making that happen in the States, so I just had a classical career there. ↗

— Nigel Kennedy

#britain #career #classical #four #had

In his day, the audience was well aware of the music, of the classical beat. ↗

— Nusrat F. A. Khan

#aware #beat #classical #day #his

I also like Western classical music and jazz. ↗

— Nusrat F. A. Khan

#classical #classical music #i #jazz #like

Yes, I tried to change the classical style in a way that people who don't understand it can enjoy. ↗

— Nusrat F. A. Khan

#classical #enjoy #i #i tried #people

I like the classics! ↗

— Greg Kinnear

#i #like

I'd say that my musical influences are anywhere from pop-rock electronica, new age and classical. But I think that specifically, bands - I love Jem, I love Sigur Ross, I love David Gray, I love Elliot Smith... a lot of different people. But I don't find lyrical inspiration from anybody. ↗

— Emmy Rossum

#anybody #anywhere #bands #classical #david

These are classic, perennial ideals we are dealing with. ↗

— Rob Morrow

#dealing #ideals #perennial #these