Classical - perhaps I should say 'orchestral' - music is so digital, so cut up, rhythmically, pitchwise and in terms of the roles of the musicians. It's all in little boxes. The reason you get child prodigies in chess, arithmetic, and classical composition is that they are all worlds of discontinuous, parceled-up possibilities.
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PAT METHENY Normally, things are viewed in these little segmented boxes. There's classical, and then there... JERRY LEE LEWIS From the spiritual came the blues, gospel, and rhythm-and-blues. I heard all of that music growing u... KATHLEEN BATTLE For us, it is all about breaking the boundaries between different genres of music and combining diff... LUKA SULIC And what classical music does best and must always do more, is to show this kind of transformation o... MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS All directors make films in individual ways. But the classical kind of view of filmmaking is that yo... PAUL GREENGRASS I love singing jazz. I don't like the idea that classical music should be over here and jazz sho... JESSYE NORMAN I don't know if it's a sign of all the chaos that is happening out there or not, but I'v... HELEN REDDY The world of classical music is so fascinating. It's a world that encompasses people from everyw... GAEL GARCIA BERNAL I love contrast in music. Being inspired by classical, actually - in high school especially - classi... AMY LEE Here is one fact 1 minute to finish the class, 1 day to die, one day behind that fact, one day in th... DEYTH BANGER When I do things, like, with Josh Grobin, or he has so many fans, and I get people after my concerts... JOSHUA BELL I would have to say I might do some stuff, but it's the film that's appealing. I was raised ... DANNY ELFMAN Dub has been a big influence in terms of production. It's inspired so many people and so much mu... MIKE D My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a... WINONA RYDER We have such a great depth of human history in all of the arts, whether it's opera or mathematic... PATTI SMITH There are only so many letters in the alphabet. When I talk to young musicians or authors and they a... DAVID LEE ROTH The type of music I make, it's not just straight-up rapping. There's emotion in it. That'... LIL UZI VERT I hope to do more movie scores, I hope to do more work in the orchestral setting, some more tours th... HERBIE HANCOCK Musicians like to converse. There's always interesting conversation with musicians - with classi... WYNTON MARSALIS I hope the commercial market will pick up on this. We are all in this together. We all want to get c... ROGER WRIGHT Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH Julie Andrews is so iconic, and I grew up watching 'The Sound of Music' - it's every gir... LAURA OSNES Television has dried up for my generation, so it's plays and films. You get used to being lazy d... MICHAEL GAMBON Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm mor... TONY BLAIR I grew up with classical music blasting in my parents' living room and my older brother's pr... JOSEPHINE DE LA BAUME It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's suc... ZUBIN MEHTA There are so many wonderful, wonderful musicians in the world, I cannot possibly make a distinction ... DANIEL HOPE To me idealized characters are so boring to play, especially having grown up in the classical theate... ANNETTE BENING I always think of it in terms of music. You're not always going to be a huge rock star in music,... DANIEL BRYAN That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the ... MARTINA HINGIS Time is so important.'so spend time doing something that you love.' make the most of it and Let the ... NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO As a child, I didn't know what they mean by 'to die.' So I grew up in a place where peop... EMMANUEL JAL 'Hugo' is made in the classical style of the 1940s. HOWARD SHORE Right out of school, I did this show called 'Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812.'... PHILLIPA SOO I don't think you can mix classical music and reggae. It's not possible. But some producer i... B.O.B It's not that people don't like classical music. It's that they don't have the chanc... GUSTAVO DUDAMEL Almost all the producers I know and dig, like Quincy Jones or Brian Eno, are really musicians first.... NILE RODGERS Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, ... DAVE BRUBECK I think, as musicians, our music should be who we are. Sometimes it's not - it's someone els... KEHLANI Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like. JOAN ARMATRADING It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I record all night and sleep all day. It started because you're excited about the music and you ... DAMIAN MARLEY The musicians and we know that this is important to the future of the New York Philharmonic and of c... ZARIN MEHTA There is no greater glory than to die for love. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nasti... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. S... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that... MALCOLM TURNBULL I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON I was trained in classical piano, but it kind of dawned on me that classical pianists compete for si... BARBARA KINGSOLVER Most of my interests in terms of writing are dark, so it's discordant how much I try to lock int... JOHN DARNIELLE Actually, I've had very little classical training, although I love listening to classical music ... BENNY GREEN The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a... JEANETTE CORON They're simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there'... BUDDY RICH We're passionate musicians, but we felt classical concerts were more like a funeral because nobo... ALEKSEY IGUDESMAN My Mom is a ballet director, so I had this idea in me that classical training is the best foundation... SHULER HENSLEY It's so easy to get caught up in the demands of life. And we all take refuge at times in routine... BRUCE WILKINSON If you look at the history of music, you have classical composers, church music, pop music, etc. Mus... MIKE LOVE Oh, stuff the critics. I don't care. Too many people are snooty about classical. Look, I wasn... KATHERINE JENKINS Classical scores go up and down; they're kind of hysterical in a way. And movie scores are much ... DARREN ARONOFSKY It's a small community, the classical music community, along with the excitement of new places a... JOSHUA ROMAN I like roles of people who can overcome things because there's strength in that and an arc - and... OLIVIA D'ABO The hardest thing as an actor is that you work really hard constantly for these roles, and you inves... ADRIANNE PALICKI I don't know if anyone knows if they're ever any good, but I went to drama school in Scotlan... SAM HEUGHAN I think the reason that swearing is both so offensive and so attractive is that it is a way to push ... STEVEN PINKER [Forward-thinking record-company executives are already talking about using free downloads as a meth... ROGER WRIGHT Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China." "That expression has never made sense to m... LISA KLEYPAS It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON Classical music's ability to translate emotional themes is fantastic. ALAN PRICE Embrace YOU...Believe in yourself, in this very moment...forgive yourself for all mistakes and 'bad'... ANGIE KARAN Acting in film, you know, I hear all the time, people say 'You did so much better than I thought... T.I. The patterns of big-band music are smooth and classical. It's got to be fresh. The brass section... ILLINOIS JACQUET Our first show, 'A Little Nightmare Music,' encompasses a lot of zany humor with beautiful c... ALEKSEY IGUDESMAN I always thought Woody Harrelson is quite a persuasive guy. He's the kind of guy who can call yo... JESSE EISENBERG A lot of my training is in classical theatre; I've done a lot of classical plays in New York and... LAILA ROBINS I see friends who are in different genres of music, and they say they're so burnt playing the sa... KID ROCK I think it's that thing of growing up all the time watching American movies and listening to Ame... 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IMOGEN POOTS Growing up, I wish I hadn't tried so hard to fit in. I'd tell myself to just embrace what yo... SHAY MITCHELL So no, it's not all in the genes, but what isn't in the genes isn't in the family enviro... STEVEN PINKER That's the thing - you do a job like 'Shameless,' and suddenly that's why you can ge... ANNE-MARIE DUFF
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