#classical

I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with good health, I've been blessed with stamina. Particularly for those great classical roles, you need an Olympian stamina. I, fortunately, have that. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#been #blessed #classical #fit #fortunately

You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications are based on the quality of your Hamlet. And then, as an older actor, you have to get through the Lear hoop. And I'm approaching the Lear hoop. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#approaching #based #classical #get #hamlet

I cannot understate the ability to handle classical texts such as Shakespeare. ↗

— Louise Jameson

#cannot #classical #handle #i #shakespeare

Much of Indian science seems intuitive and not bound by the rigid thinking of classical scientists. ↗

— Roland Joffe

#classical #indian #intuitive #much #rigid

What is classical music if not the epitome of sensuality, passion, and understated erotica that popular music, even with all of its energy and life, cannot even begin to touch? ↗

— Lara St. John

#cannot #classical #classical music #energy #epitome

My musical background is like almost every non classical musician in the world. One day a special record was heard and that was it. I was hooked, started trying to play various instruments and was off to bar land to become a rock star. What else? ↗

— Kevin Johnson

#background #bar #become #classical #day

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#literary #literary men #men #over #parole

Maybe I'm genetically more inclined to music - but the music I make is so far removed from Indian classical music. I grew up in Texas! ↗

— Norah Jones

#classical music #far #genetically #grew #i

The Four Seasons was making me popular in Britain, but EMI America had no interest in making that happen in the States, so I just had a classical career there. ↗

— Nigel Kennedy

#britain #career #classical #four #had

In his day, the audience was well aware of the music, of the classical beat. ↗

— Nusrat F. A. Khan

#aware #beat #classical #day #his