Classic Music Quotes - Page 3

• Classic music will always come across better on the ice because skating has such a rich history, rooted in tradition.

  Gracie Gold

  Ice, Skating, Classic

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• I was raised a musician and I played classic music, violin, in orchestras and music comedy theaters, I have music running around in my head all the time, and if I hear music that's too interesting, I have to pay attention to it.

  Larry Wall

  Running, Interesting, Musician

  Source: bigthink.com

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• Classic music somehow changed, and it changed between the first and the second world wars, and somehow what happened was that the hero that had been the composer, the hero now was the performer, and especially the conductor.

  Esa-Pekka Salonen

  War, Hero, Firsts

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• You learn from music, from watching great athletes at work - how disciplined they are, how they move. You learn these things by watching a shortstop at work, how he concentrates on one thing at a time. You learn from classic music, from the blues and jazz, from bluegrass. From all this, you learn how to sustain a great line without bringing in unnecessary words.

  Ernest Gaines

  Moving, Athlete, Crafts

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• Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it.

  Igor Stravinsky

  Romantic, Careers, Classic

  In Robert Craft 'Conversations with Igor Stravinsky' (1958)

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• Music gives me a lot of peace, either classic music with its structure or the spontaneity of Miles Davis. It brings the best in you.

  Mohamed ElBaradei

  Giving, Classic, Spontaneity

  "Mohamed ElBaradei: What I've Learned" by John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. January 31, 2011.

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