#classical music

A love of classical music is only partially a natural response to hearing the works performed, it also must come about by a decision to listen carefully, to pay close attention, a decision inevitably motivated by the cultural and social prestige of the art. ↗

— Charles Rosen

#also #art #attention #carefully #classical

Although I enjoyed writing Film Music it was always a means to an end, in that it enabled me to keep a wife and family and write my classical music, which has always been my passion. ↗

— Malcolm Arnold

#always #been #classical #classical music #enabled

Obviously classical music tends to be stuff that is usually at least a hundred years old. ↗

— Steve Hackett

#classical music #hundred #least #music #obviously

I have never learned to read or write music so I am not a virtuoso musician like the others you mentioned. I am completely unable to play like them because I never learned classical music, I just developed my own crazy style! ↗

— Ken Hensley

#because #classical #classical music #completely #crazy

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 #classical music #effect #i #i love

I also have a big love of classical music played on piano because this is the environment I grew up in my brother being one of the great masters in this world. ↗

— Suzi Quatro

#because #being #big #brother #classical

I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

#classical #classical music #i #indian #interested

Even the most jingoistic person would have to admit that even American cultural music comes from Europe. That's what classical music is, real European music. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

#american #classical #classical music #comes #cultural

As a rule, my focus is on classical music, but I love jazz. I love everything, actually. ↗

— Julie Andrews

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Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music. ↗

— Tony Blair

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