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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini -- Sergei Rachmaninoff
Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all. -- Vanessa Mae
Rachmaninoff made a musician out of me. His 'Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini' was the piece that sent me into raptures. It spoke to me. To me, it was a tender entreaty for the misunderstood. -- Joni Mitchell
The only work that can be compared to Chopin's Etudes, innovatively, where every note is essential and one becomes completely exposed, is the Brahms-Paganini variations. These are etudes - not as interesting musically as, say, the Brahms-Handel - but they are incredible. -- Carlo Grante
Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all." -- Vanessa Mae
As far as rock groups, I really like Stone Temple Pilots. As for classical composers, it's Bach. I love Paganini, too, the Italian composer who would break strings during a performance and finish playing on just one string. Someone I would have loved to play with is Jimi Hendrix. -- Matt Schulze
... Ritchie Blackmore was a huge early influence on me, but after that I had to find my own way ... Johann Sebastian Bach was probably the most influential guy ever on me ... Vivaldi, Beethoven and eventually Paganini ... all of a sudden I was thinking in all these other areas, instead of blues riffs ... -- Yngwie Malmsteen

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