#classical music

I grew up with classical music when I was a ballet dancer. Now when I have to prepare an emotional scene, to cry or whatever, I listen to sonatas. Vivaldi and stuff. It's just beautiful to me. ↗

— Diane Kruger

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I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group. ↗

— Lesley Garrett

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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

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

— Steve Hackett

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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

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

— Satyajit Ray

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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

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

— Julie Andrews

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I had to listen to the classical music because it calms me down, calms my nerves down. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

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