Classical Quotes
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I'd say that my musical influences are anywhere from pop-rock electronica, new age and classical. But I think that specifically, bands - I love Jem, I love Sigur Ross, I love David Gray, I love Elliot Smith... a lot of different people. But I don't find lyrical inspiration from anybody.
Emmy Rossum
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Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone.
Laura Mvula
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I love gentle, gorgeous classical music such as Mozart.
Felicity Kendal
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I'm not going to choose between classical, Broadway or pop. I would love to stay where I am now - a mix of everything.
Jackie Evancho
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I grew up playing classical guitar, so everything I learned was rooted in technique, form, presentation.
Anna Ternheim
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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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I love classical. I have a lot of, like, Bach and Mozart and stuff. Then you flip on over, and I've got, like, Kanye West and, you know, just a bunch of - I am very eclectic. I love every sort of music.
Kaley Cuoco
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If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration.
Ben Harper
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I love... different kinds of music. I like classical music and pop music. I like alternative, and I like rap, hip-hop, and I kind of collected all these things that I love, and they infused my sensibilities, and I just wanted to sing because it felt like it needed to come out of me.
Rachel Platten
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I grew up with classical music, and to a lesser extent electronic music, and that's where I belong, so to speak.
Varg Vikernes
Burzum
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I loved Queen, Journey, Fleetwood Mac, and people like Barbara Streisand. The thing with me is that classical music was also an inspiration. I took piano lessons at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels for 10 years.
Lara Fabian
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When we started the band, it was a classical group.
Grace Chatto
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I think music gives so much inspiration. I listen to all kinds of music: pop, hip-hop, everything. I also love classical music.
Nicki Minaj
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I started playing heavy-metal guitar because that's what I liked. And then I got into classical guitar because it was so technically complicated.
Cory Arcangel
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'The Shining' is operatic and sensational and... really shocking. It has this amazing meld of classical music and modern interpretations of classical music, and incredible imagery. From the set design to the costumes, there's so much to unpack.
Dan Smith
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With the classical stuff, I've always been better at the big brushstrokes and broad textures than spending ages honing a chord, or tweaking a sample.
Anna Meredith
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We have always played classical music and always loved dance and pop music.
Grace Chatto
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I bring my classical training - some of it, but not all of it - and also my background and culture, to spirituals. And I try to leave room for that unpredictable factor, where the feeling of the song is allowed to come through. The same ethos can be applied to singing Mozart, or Schubert, or Bach. It's not just about what's on the page.
Kathleen Battle
