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Musical Quotes - Fourth Movement

written by: shimonbentzvi
 
A very difficult quiz, dealing with quotes by musicians and/or about music.

Question 1:


Which animated character said: "Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy." ?  (place mouse pointer over ? icon to view hints or answer requirements)


Question 2:


"Playing "Bop" is like playing Scrabble without the vowels." Which artist said this?
Dizzy Gillespie
Miles Davis
Duke Ellington
John Coltrane

Question 3:


"You just pick a chord, go twang, and you've got music." Which of these performers said this?
Frank Zappa
Sid Vicious
Slash
Johann Sebastian Bach

Question 4:


The following quote belongs to this man: "Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast."
Thomas Marlowe
Richard Sheridan
William Shakespeare
William Congreve

Question 5:


"There is a geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres." Which of these great men said this?
Pythagoras
Albert Einstein
Igor Stravinsky
Johann Sebastian Bach

Question 6:


Which of these famous musicians does the following quote belong to: "A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians."?
Sid Vicious
Bruce Springsteen
Billy Joel
Frank Zappa

Question 7:


The following quote belongs to this man: "When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated , there will be no war."
Frank Zappa
Confucius
Shakespeare
Plato

Question 8:


"Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It's so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I can not sing, I paint." Who said this?
Salvador Dali
Pablo Picasso
Georgia O'Keeffe
John Cage

Question 9:


Which of these performers does the following quote belong to: "By and large, jazz has always been the man you wouldn't want your daughter to go out with."?
Duke Ellington
Elmer Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
Anais Nin

Question 10:


Which of these does the following quote belong to: "Hell is full of musical amateurs."?
Bill Nye
James Joyce
Sean O'Casey
George Bernard Shaw

Question 11:


"I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early recordings - only louder." Who said this?
Eric Clapton
Leonard Bernstein
Elton John
Jerry Seinfeld

Question 12:


"Jazz is the music of the body." Who said this?
Al Green
Anton Dvorak
Anais Nin
August Strindberg

Question 13:


Which of these writers does the following quote belong to: "Music is only love looking for words."?
George Bernard Shaw
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
James Joyce
Lawrence Durrell

Question 14:


"One thing the Blues ain't is funny." Which of these performers does this quote belong to?
Stephen Stills
Paul McCartney
Alvino Ray
Ray Charles

Question 15:


Who said: "I may not be a first-class composer but I am a first-class second rate composer."?
Wolfgang A. Mozart
Ludwig Von Beethoven
Richard Strauss
Johann Sebastian Bach

Question 16:


"Jazz will endure just as long as people hear it through their feet instead of through their brains." Which of these men does this quote belong to?
George W. Bush
Anais Nin
J. P. Sousa
Leonard Bernstein

 
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