Quotes of: Beethoven Keyword

The most important thing to do is really listen.

Itzhak Perlman

The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem.

Erich Leinsdorf

What makes a Beethoven symphony spectacular, what makes a Brahms rhapsody spectacular is that the patterns are wondrous.

Brian Greene

I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.

Branford Marsalis

The most perfect expression of human behavior is a string quartet.

Jeffrey Tate

Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease.

Daniel Barenboim

I never cared about money or fame, and I don't care now. I follow the groove, and money always follows.

Quincy Jones

I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me.

Zubin Mehta

I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.

Zubin Mehta

Jazz of the sort we play is a happy, extroverted music. You don't have to think about it too much.

Chris Barber

Music is a lens through which to see who we are. Every phrase of every piece of music is trying to tell a story.

Charles Hazlewood

I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music.

Chuck Mangione

I never think my music isn't easy until I got to teach it to other people.

Esperanza Spalding

There is no 'perfect' in music. If I ever came off the stage and felt it could not be better, it would then be time to quit.

Leonard Slatkin

I've come to the conclusion that a long, personal relationship is next to impossible for me. Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.

Leonard Slatkin

I have been long associated with British music. I have favoured it as my alternate music next to American.

Leonard Slatkin

Maybe it's egocentric or whatever, but when I'm playing Beethoven, Bach, Hendrix, or whoever it is, in the end, it just feels like my own music and I'm making it up as I'm going along.

Nigel Kennedy

Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now.

Neville Marriner

It is simple nonsense to speak of the fixed tempo of any particular vocal phrase. Each voice has its peculiarities.

Anton Seidl

And going into my studio at night, particularly at night when everybody's asleep, is just a total pleasure for me.

Yanni

I have had bullets flying at concerts, but I don't want to talk about that.

Zubin Mehta