Funny Quotes from Jascha Heifetz

Jascha Heifetz, 2 February 1901- 10 December 1987, the greatest violinist ever. Here are some quotes from him.


"You may be ready for Beethoven,but Beethoven is not ready for you!"


" If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it."


  "I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons: first, to discourage the composer from writing anymore, and second, to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven.



 "There is no top. There are always further heights to reach."


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Funny quotes from Igor Stravinsky, Russian Composer

Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer, pianist and conductor. Here are some quote from him.


"The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music; they should be taught to love it instead."


"I never understood the need for a 'live' audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest with a dead one."



"My music is best understood by children and animals."



"A good composer does not imitate; he steals."



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



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

Funny quotes from classical music musician(3)

"I sit down to the piano regularly at nine-o'clock in the morning and Mesdames les Muses have learned to be on time for that rendezvous."

By Peter Tchaikovsky, Russian pianist and composer

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

By Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer

"There is nothing more difficult than talking about music."

By Camille Saint-Saens, French composer

"Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth."

By Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer

"There is one god: Bach, and Mendelssohn is his prophet."

By Hector Berlioz, French composer

"Never look at the trombones. It only encourages them."

By Richard Strauss, Austria composer

"I never understood the need for a 'live' audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest with a dead one."

By Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer

Funny quotes from violinist and cellist

“If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.”
By  Jascha Heifetz, Russian violinist




"Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere."
By Pablo Casals, Spain Cellist



"For 37 years I've practiced 14 hours a day, and now they call me a genius."
By Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish Violinist



"I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons: first, to disourage the composer from writing anymore, and second, to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven."
By Jascha Heifetz, Russian violinist

"There are more bad musicians than there is bad music."
By Isaac Stern

 "You paid for the whole bow, you will use the whole bow."

By Henry Meyer (LaSalle String Quartet)

 

"You may be ready for Beethoven,but Beethoven is not ready for you!" 

By Jascha Heifetz, Russian violinist

Funny quotes from classical music composer

“Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his.” 
By Franz Liszt


“That will make the ladies scream.” 
By Joseph Haydn talked about his surprise symphony no94.



“Give me a laundry-list and I'll set it to music.” 
By Gioachino Rossini

"I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer." 
By Richard Strauss

"There is one god -- Bach -- and Mendelssohn is his prophet" 
By Hector Berlioz

"Though I had some instruction from Haydn, I never learned anything from him." 
By Ludwig van Beethoven, quoted in Marion M Scott, Beethoven, 1934

 
"I cannot conceive of music that expresses absolutely nothing." 
By Bela Bartok

"What a masterpiece, but what despair! It's enough to make you long for death." 
By Georges Bizet (speaking of Schumann's Manfred); quoted in Dean, Bizet (1975)