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I cannot listen to Beethoven or Mahler or Chopin or Bach when I write because those composers require you stop what you are doing and listen. — Antonio Damasio

the mighty harmonies of Beethoven — Oscar Wilde

Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years. — William F. Buckley Jr.

Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more. — Neville Marriner

After Rossini dies, who will be there to promote his music? — Ludwig Van Beethoven

To follow in Beethoven's footsteps transcends one's strength. — Johannes Brahms

Artists are fiery, they do not weep! — Ludwig Van Beethoven

If Beethoven were sent to nursery school today, they would medicate him, and he would be a postal clerk. — Leon Botstein

Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance. — Boy George

It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. — H.L. Mencken

The day-to-day exhausted me! — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Da Vinci painted one Mona Lisa. Beethoven composed one Fifth Symphony. And God made one version of you. — Max Lucado

The Germans are fond of saying that only Austria could convince the world that Beethoven was an Austrian and Hitler was a German. — Daniel Silva

Roll over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news. — Chuck Berry

Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived ... I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Oh continue to love me -
never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved.
ever thine
ever mine
ever ours — Ludwig Van Beethoven

We mortals with immortal minds are only born for sufferings and joys, and one could almost say that the most excellent receive joy through sufferings. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Bach is an astronomer, discovering the most marvellous stars. Beethoven challenges the universe. I only try to express the soul and the heart of man. — Frederic Chopin

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

My husband's family was terribly refined. Within their circle you could know Beethoven, but God forbid if you were Beethoven. — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

I play the piano and have been playing since I was 7, mainly classical Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart. — Kiana Tom

I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

The foundation of friendship demands the greatest likeness of human souls and hearts. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Wherever you are, I am there also. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

The guitar is an orchestra in itself. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few bars. — Robertson Davies

What is to reach the heart must come from above; if it does not come from thence, it will be nothing but notes, body without spirit. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

The three greatest composers are Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. All the others are cretins. — Hans Von Bulow

I know of only one composer who measures up to Beethoven, and that is Bruckner. — Richard Wagner

Frank Zappa ... was Beethoven for insane rock guys. — Scott Ian

All my life I have regarded myself as one of Mozart's greatest admirers, and I will remain one until my last breath. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

The guitar is a miniature orchestra in itself. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Beethoven, Schubert, Schoenberg, Berg imply a type of pianist who is intellectual. That's not always associated with female soloists. — Jeffrey Tate

People become who they are. Even Beethoven became Beethoven. — Randy Newman

We are a global society, and one does not have to be from Germany to give a great performance of Beethoven. — Leonard Slatkin

Art always demands of us something new. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

It seemed unthinkable for me to leave the world forever before I had produced all that I felt called upon to produce — Ludwig Van Beethoven

I play Beethoven and Bach. At the same
time, Biggie is my dog. — Alicia Keys

I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Music should be an elective experience. You should go, "I'm going to sit down and listen to some Beethoven, by God," and then you get to hear it. — Linda Ronstadt

No friend have I. I must live by myself alone; but I know well that God is nearer to me than others in my art, so I will walk fearlessly with Him. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Moving pictures need sound as much as Beethoven symphonies need lyrics, — Charlie Chaplin

There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only one Beethoven! — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Our students should be playing Beethoven with research processes, but instead we are hearing Mary Had a Little Lamb. — William Badke

Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence. — Daniel Barenboim

I want to listen to Beethoven and Mozart. I want to read the best minds. I want to live with uplifting art. I don't want to live a grubby life. — Alexandra Stoddard

There is no greater pleasure for me than to practice and exhibit my art. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

In the world of art, as in the whole of creation, freedom and progress are the main objectives. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

My heart is full of many things there are moments when I feel that speech is nothing after all. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

In Bach, Beethoven and Wagner we admire principally the depth and energy of the human mind; in Mozart, the divine instinct. — Edvard Grieg

I have always reckoned myself among the greatest admirers of Mozart, and shall do so till the day of my death. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

When Chaplin found a voice to say what was on his mind, he was like a child of eight writing lyrics for Beethoven's Ninth. — Billy Wilder

Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

After conducting Wagner, Beethoven's triple concerto is like taking an Alka Seltzer. — Zubin Mehta

A burst of Beethoven that would have made the composer glad he was deaf erupted from her i-Phone. — Ian Simpson

Listening to Beethoven also is sensuality, but when you have said 'sex' you have said all. A man who can give up sex can give up Beethoven. — Nanavira Thera

Jesus never heard of Beethoven and Bach. Why aren't we playing more country music in church ? — Tex Sample

The fall of man stands a lie before Beethoven, a truth before Hitler. — Gregory Corso

I can do nothing but think of you ... What have you done to me? Can't you remove the spell you have cast over me? — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Whoever tells a lie is not pure of heart, and such a person can not cook a clean soup. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Applaud my friends, the comedy is over ...
[on his death bed] — Ludwig Van Beethoven

One must not hold one's self so divine as to be unwilling occasionally to make improvements in one's creations. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

While I'm working, I stick with music that won't distract me - the dub stylings of Scientist and King Tubby, maybe some Beethoven string quartets. — Adam Mansbach

If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D. — Jack Black

I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick! — Candy Crowley

Painters can study the masters can't they? Musicians can hear Beethoven. What will filmmakers do? — Eva Marie Saint

Pulse as an active means of expression, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the two masters of that. — Esa-Pekka Salonen

Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

If I contemplate myself as part of the Universe: what am I? — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

To do good whenever one can, to love liberty above all else, never to deny the truth, even though it be before the throne. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Do you think I give a damn about your and your pathetic violin? — Ludwig Van Beethoven

To play without passion is inexcusable! — Ludwig Van Beethoven

When Beethoven went deaf, the mynah bird just used to mime. — Graham Chapman

I like these calm little moments before the storm, it reminds me of Beethoven — Gary Oldman

Undoubtedly [Beethoven's] music often verges on kitsch — Slavoj Zizek

The Austrians are brilliant people. They made the world believe that Hitler was a German and Beethoven an Austrian. — Billy Wilder

Music can change the world. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Beethoven was so hard of hearing, he thought he was a painter. — George Carlin

Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky were not classical musicians while they were alive and active, they were the rock stars of their day. — Seymour Stein

Love demands all, and has a right to all. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

I know of no more sacred duty than to rear and educate a child. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

I love a tree more than a man. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

On behalf of all that is good and melodic, Ludwig van Beethoven, I apologize. — Sarah Strohmeyer

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

I shall seize fate by the throat. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Beethoven suppressed everything, his personal life disappeared until he was locked inside. That is a figure quite extreme. — Michael Tippett

Playing the Beethoven symphonies, for example, is a consummate experience for a musician because Beethoven speaks so directly to who we are as people. — Joshua Bell

I free-form it, rock n' roll it. I'm a creature of risk, so I don't know how I'm going to explore a Beethoven symphony until I'm doing it. — Charles Hazlewood

Only art and science can raise men to the level of God. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

You can't have Bach, Mozart and Beethoven as your favorite composers. They simply define what music is! — Michael Tilson Thomas

I'm a Beethoven freak. I listen to him all the time. — David Canary

all this Beethoven and rain — Michael Ondaatje