(30 quotes found)
“We're already getting excited about that. And seeing that it's the Mozart year, it is only fitting.”
Shyla Nelson
“[Indeed, despite a Teutonic accent, Zawinul contradicts stereotypes about his Austrian heritage that he should be playing Mozart and Beethoven.] There is another Austria, ... much less known, and that is the folk music of Austria. Even the way we speak is very musical, like a walking jazz bass. Classical music is so dusty that the dust has dust. And much of jazz is following in the same dusty path, recreating its glories rather than moving forward.”
Joe Zawinul
“Ours has much more to do with the Masonic theme. Mozart was really intrigued by the ideals of the Masons and wanting to have truth, virtue and reason be the model by which people live by.”
Christine Seitz
“It never really sounds the same. It's sort of like a good symphony orchestra playing a Mozart symphony. You can play it and sit on your ass and nothing happens, or you can play it and make it feel fresh. And that's what this band does.”
Lou Blue Marini
“He said the only thing he'd allow is Mozart.”
Frank Zaitshik
“There was a time in which "vulgar music" was how people called something like The Magic Flute. From Mozart to the reggeton; oh man, this world had fallen low!”
Jairo Fernández
“At that time we called it the 'Mozart miracle'. It seems appropriate that this time we are thankful for the 'Beethoven blessing,'”
Charles Smith
“I think the music of Mozart is like a universe of human feelings, sentiments and fragility, and ... that's why it's so 'actual' in a way, so modern.”
Cecilia Bartoli
“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“An interesting note is that one of the reasons why Mozart wrote several pieces for two people is because he wrote them to play with his sister.”
Carlyn Morenus
