I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!
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Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something to please the upper structure, those with money and power.
If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D.
If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven or Brahms. But if you play with them Mozart, Debussy, Mendelssohn, they have a wonderful light feeling for that.
I always find Bach to be an expression of a love of life. There's an enthusiasm that's absolutely contagious.
As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me.
Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I don't understand why this happens in the movie industry.
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.
Willie Nelson, Marty Robbins, Merle Haggard and Keith Whitley - guys like that were huge influences.
I like classical music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and I adore Bach above all.
Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all.