Quotes on Classic Music

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.

Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.

Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it.

No matter what culture you're from, everyone loves music.

If music be the food of love, play on.

Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.

They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.

If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom.

To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music.

There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.

If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity.

Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.

A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.