Klassisch ist das Gesunde, romantisch das Kranke. The classical period was healthy; the romantic diseased.

-Goethe,JohannWolfgang von
  Spru«  che in Prosa, Maximen und Reflexionen, pt.7.

Les temps primitifs sont lyriques, les temps antiques sont e¤  piques, les temps modernes sont dramatiques. The primitive era was lyrical, the classical era was epic and the modern era is dramatic.

-Hugo,Victor Marie
  Cromwell, pre¤  face.

Classical quotations is the parole of literary men all over the world.

-Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson
  Remark, 8 May. Quoted in  James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol.4.

Pop music is the classical music of now. See also Lennon 502:89.

-McCartney, Sir (James) Paul
Quoted in Tony Palmer AllYou Need Is Love (1976).

   The basic difference between classical music and jazz is that in the former music is always greater than its performanceöwhereas the way jazz is performed is always more important than what is being played.

-Previn, Andre¤   (George)
  Quoted in TheTimes.