Classical Quotes - page 22

I was a stage actor for 20 years or so; I was leading men in classical things. 'Shakespeare,' you know. And now, I never play leading men. I'm that kamikaze comic that comes from the left, turns the table over, and leaves, or the hyper-intelligent yuppie scumbag if it's a drama. (John Michael Higgins)
My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer. View quote
John Sebastian
I grew up with classical music blasting in my parents' living room and my older brother's practicing saxophone in his room listening to jazz... a beautiful chaos. View quote
Josephine de La Baume
Classical music presents some of the world's most challenging pieces. View quote
Jake Shimabukuro
You cannot go wrong by learning classical music because it trains the ear. View quote
Kiesza
I went to the University/Resident Theatre Association auditions. Deans come and watch you in this theater. You have three minutes, and you have to do two contrasting monologues - at that time, this is 2003 - one classical and one contemporary. View quote
Kunal Nayyar
In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement. View quote
Karen Kain
I've been lucky that I've performed with a lot of the classical people I've wanted to work with so I'd like to do something that people didn't see coming. Like Madonna, or being Welsh - the Tom Jones thing. Or somebody suggested N-Dubz - that would be brilliant! View quote
Katherine Jenkins
As someone who's been doing a lot of classical theater recently, I loved the idea of getting to run around in Steven Alan, and not be in a corset and a wig, and not have a dialect, and get to be in a 90-minute play with no intermission, and get to do real comedy. View quote
Lily Rabe
I cannot understate the ability to handle classical texts such as Shakespeare. View quote
Louise Jameson
Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone. (Laura Mvula)
Classical music has been based on works people love and come back to for aural comfort. View quote
Leila Josefowicz
I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music - I got that from my parents. I love Cole Porter - that I got from my dad. View quote
Marianne Faithfull
Actually, I've had very little classical training, although I love listening to classical music very much. View quote
Benny Green
I was a musical theater major at the University of Arizona. And I primarily trained with Marsha Bagwell. It was a classical program, so we did Chekov and Moliere and a lot of Shakespeare. View quote
Christine Woods
What music I listen to day to day changes very, very much. I can go from bluegrass to heavy metal, to blues, to classical and big band and then go to pop and rap. View quote
Casey James
The patterns of big-band music are smooth and classical. It's got to be fresh. The brass section should crackle, like the sound of eggs being dropped into hot grease. View quote
Illinois Jacquet
I not only play at the prestigious classical concert halls like Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center, but also hospitals, churches, prisons, and restricted facilities for leprosy patients, just to mention a few. View quote
Ji-Hae Park
Then I took 8 years of French Horn, first jazz, and then classical. View quote
Jim Coleman
I want to do all kinds of things. I want to do some comedy. I'd love to do a romantic comedy, and I'd love to do some period pieces with classical text. I'd love somebody to cast me as Macbeth, but for a film. I just want to be all over the place. View quote
Kevin Alejandro
I've paid my dues in the classical trenches. (Laila Robins)
The cello is such a versatile instrument. It can rock like the hardest rock guitar, and it can sing like the human voice. We couldn't do what we do without the classical training. It's a hard instrument to play. There are no frets, and it takes finesse and technique to play. View quote
Luka Sulic
Because in classical music cello is not regarded as a popular choice, it's always playing the long, boring notes. View quote
Luka Sulic
Of course, there will always be, you know, conservative classical people who will judge you, but you know, who cares about them? View quote
Luka Sulic
Even in classical music, the cello doesn't get a lot of respect because the piano and the violin get it all. View quote
Luka Sulic