#classical music

I can think and play stuff in classical music that possibly violinists who didn't have access to other types of music could never do. It means I'm more flexible within classical music, to be a servant to the composer. ↗

— Nigel Kennedy

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When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have to put in six. ↗

— Alicia Keys

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I am a classical music lover - not necessarily the contemporary stuff, but the old stuff. ↗

— Eberhard Weber

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We were really interested in music from all over the world. We realized that what we were doing was very close to contemporary classical music because of the lack of tonality in the guitar- the fact that I play guitar the way I play. ↗

— Arto Lindsay

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In these confused times, the role of classical music is at the very core of the struggle to reassert cultural and ethical values that have always characterized our country and for which we have traditionally been honored and respected outside our shores. ↗

— Lorin Maazel

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I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano. ↗

— Gary Oldman

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In contrast, traditional classical music starts from an abstract musical schema. This is then notated and only expressed in concrete sound as a last stage, when it is performed. ↗

— Pierre Schaeffer

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To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music. ↗

— Nina Simone

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

— Benny Green

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That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise. ↗

— Itzhak Perlman

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