James Ellroy Quotes

In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.

I do like alternative rock and rap, but as far as inspirational, then I go full-on orchestra. It fills up your entire being.

Lately I've been listening to some classical music again, some jazz.

I never listen to music when I am writing. It would be impossible. I listen to Bach in the mornings, mostly choral music; also some Handel, mostly songs and arias; I like Schubert's and Beethoven's chamber music and Sibelius' symphonies; for opera, I listen to Mozart and in recent years Wagner.

We've been listening to Wagner, which is so great.

I started directing chamber orchestras, then adding bigger pieces, adding winds, adding small symphonies. I've always loved chamber music, and I've done a lot.

We are fans of Mozart and Beethoven, as well 'South Park' and Borat. We believe that we can attract many people who eschew the serious ambiance of concert halls and don't go to classical music concerts because of such reasons. However, there is a 'serious humor' on the stage: funny and ridiculous. That is important!

The man on the street, he knows who Beethoven is, he knows who Mozart is.

Classical music can rock you!

I have no doubt that there are great people about though... the thing of it is, nothing to this day moves me like classical music (Debussy, Vaughn Williams).

The orchestral or symphonic music never interested me.

I also work with the regular orchestras in Munich, Germany and other similar orchestras.

I love classical music and often listen to symphonies or opera in the morning.

My music was typically continental - nothing like, say, The Beatles.

To my mind and ear, there is simply nothing that compares to the musical sophistication of a late Beethoven, Bartok, Schubert or Brahms work for minimal forces.

I listen mostly to classical music.

I basically love classical music. I love a lot of musicians playing together and the whole culture of that, whether it's Indian or it's Western.

I'm a fan of many different styles of classical and symphonic music.

I tend to listen to the classical composers: Rachmaninov, Satie.

I was just going more for what I've always been influenced by, European music.

I much rather coach a string quartet in an interpretation of Haydn or Beethoven than to teach the guitar.

As a kid, I loved classical music. Composers like Beethoven were like rock stars to me. Then there were the real rock stars: The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and Bob Dylan.

My grandmother got me recordings of the 'Goldberg Variations,' in addition to the 'Brandenburg Concertos,' the Mozart string quartets and Beethoven's 'Seventh Symphony.'

I'm everything I'm made of. So a part of me is made of classical music. I'm grateful for it.

I started listening to classical music when I was in my early teens. Prior to that, I listened to pop records or band records.