#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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I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important. ↗

— Nina Simone

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Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music. ↗

— Nina Simone

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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

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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

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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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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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I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to. ↗

— Lee Konitz

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We were really interested in music from all over the world. We realized that what we were doing was very close to contemporary classical music because of the lack of tonality in the guitar- the fact that I play guitar the way I play. ↗

— Arto Lindsay

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