Charles Rosen (1927–2012) American pianist and writer on music
Source: The Romantic Generation (1995), Ch. 2 : Fragments
From Norman Lebrecht, The Book of Musical Anecdotes (1985, Sphere Books)
Charles Rosen (1927–2012) American pianist and writer on music
Source: The Romantic Generation (1995), Ch. 2 : Fragments
“For me, music and life are all about style.”
Miles Davis (1926–1991) American jazz musician
Miles, the Autobiography (1989) (co-written with Quincy Troupe, p. 398.)
1980s
“Style. It varies from person to person. Without it music will be monotonous.”
M. Balamuralikrishna (1930–2016) Carnatic vocalist, instrumentalist and playback singer
Source: Chitra Swaminathan "He defines ‘style’ as tradition".
Harold Powers (1928–2007) American academic
George Gershwin (1898–1937) American composer and pianist
"The Relation of Jazz to American Music", in Henry Cowell (ed.) American Composers on American Music (1933); reprinted in Gregory R. Suriano (ed.) Gershwin in His Time (New York: Gramercy, 1998) p. 97.
Akira Ifukube (1914–2006) Japanese composer
As quoted by David Milner, "Akira Ifukube Interview I" http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/ifukub.htm, Kaiju Conversations (December 1992)