John Fowles Quotes

But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music.

A cello was there 400 years ago and will still be here in 400 years.

I do not think that music keeps evolving. It evolved through Bach; since then, in my humble opinion, all the innovations added nothing.

I decided I wanted to be a musician when I saw the movie 'Amadeus' around 1987. I was five years old, so it was a good time to start piano lessons after seeing Tom Hulce who played Mozart play the harpsichord on his back with his hands crossed. Such a great movie to inspire a five-year-old.

Music. It's all creativity right here, right now.

I studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college.

Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable.

New music is absolutely integral to classical music.

Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now.

It's funny, but to me, when you go to a concert hall and hear electronic pieces from the '60s, I think they sound really dated. But when an orchestra plays a piece from that period, and it's going to sound different every time, it feels more modern to me.

People talk very much about, 'What can we do with the orchestra in the 21st century?' We should think about the 21st century, of course.

David Harrington, who's the violinist and founder of Kronos, is a super open-minded and adventurous guy.

Music is all about creativity.

Creativity needs time to harness before it goes out, and because that's difficult, memes have become the creative language.

The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary

The present day composer refuses to die.

My hope is to continue to make new music and go with the flow. I think I'll always be creative. I want to keep making good music, put myself into positions where I need to rise to the occasion of playing in front of an audience, and continually get better at what I'm doing.

Hip-Hop is my vehicle to scientific and universal enlightenment

I haven't heard anything so great for a long time; Beethoven snaps his fingers at the whole world.

The challenge is not so much to change the sound. The challenge is to connect and to create something special.

Cooking is just as creative and imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music. And cooking draws upon your every talent--science, mathematics, energy, history, experience--and the more experience you have, the less likely are your experiments to end in drivel and disaster. The more you know, the more you can create.

A world in everlasting conflict between the new idea and the old allegiances, new arts and new inventions against the old establishment.

To me, jazz is a place where anything is possible.

Contrary to popular opinion, classical music does not have to be enjoyed amid exclusive circles, there need not be any snobbishness attached to it. It's there for everyone. I play for the people.

Play Mozart in memory of me - and I will hear you.