The rest of my family are obsessed by 'The X Factor:' I'm intrigued by it, although its musical values are far away from mine, like a cup of tea with 400 lumps of sugar in it. There's something very strange about Simon Cowell's lips, isn't there?
More Quotes by Charles Hazlewood
I abhor the words 'classical music.' Few things satisfy me more than a really good cover version.
I hate playing the piano! And it's so hard to fight for Beethoven's soul! But that's what I have to do!
For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind of betrayal.
Mozart, Beethoven - how can you not want to share them with everyone and anyone? This stuff is of as great importance as the food we eat and the air we breathe.
Purcell is a composer who had a formative influence on British music - even The Who now cite him as an influence. There's an intense, dirty harmony, but there's a Louis XIV kind of elan and style, too. He had the melancholy DNA of our national folk heritage.
Music is a lens through which to see who we are. Every phrase of every piece of music is trying to tell a story.