New Amsterdam Records, a new label run by composers, has begun documenting this hybrid music, with invigorating discs by the band itsnotyouitsme… — Allan Kozinn Copy Share Image
I have often read critical pieces where the critic said that what the composer was trying to do didn't come off. I… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
The community of mathematicians is similar to an imaginary community of musical composers whose only satisfaction is obtained by the interchange among… — Cornelius Lanczos Copy Share Image
“There was that sound again--snap, then a footfall. She tried to whirl around as a dark form--Dear God--sprang with a splash from… — Kaye George Copy Share Image
Just as composers go to concerts and artists visit galleries, writers read. You will learn, in the most enjoyable way, more about… — Judith Barrington Copy Share Image
One important thing, just being a film composer in general, is to have a great respect for the art that you're working… — Joseph Trapanese Copy Share Image
Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s… — Yanni Copy Share Image
Our interpretations through the years and generations have always changed, but the emotions, ideas, and the thoughts of the composers are still… — David Finckel Copy Share Image
An actor and a [theatre] director are both what I would call interpreters of work. We interpret a work, just as a… — George Ogilvie Copy Share Image
“No one understands another’s grief, no one understands another’s joy. . . . My music is the product of my talent and… — Franz Schubert Copy Share Image
Composers aren't daring enough. They're afraid of that sacred idol called 'common sense', which is the most dreadful thing I know -… — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
The musical culture in the United States has no doubt suffered severe setbacks, especially in funding, since the early 2000's. However, I've… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
When my opera Plump Jack was performed in 1989, my first piano teacher sent me something that I'd composed when I was… — Gordon Getty Copy Share Image
Drummers get bored. You tell them to play something simple, and it gets more complicated as they do it. If they're not… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
Creative force, like a musical composer, goes on unweariedly repeating a simple air or theme, now high, now low, in solo, in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Being a composer is a little like being a painter. Sometimes you hire a painter because you want a beautiful painting for… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I looked at art as a way of blending everything. One of my favorite composers is Wagner… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
My main concern is if this composer has been made aware of the fact that I've come clean in all of my… — Aileen Wuornos Copy Share Image
Wagner exploited all forms of expression at a composer's disposal - harmony, dynamics, orchestration - to the extreme. His music is highly… — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
The Rhapsody is not a composition at all. It's a string of separate paragraphs stuck together - with a thin paste of… — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a film composer. So very early on I started collecting soundtracks and paying attention to how movie… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
In my years of working in theatre and TV I've learnt that my main skill is not the instrumental playing but the… — Gregor Schwellenbach Copy Share Image
My interactions with musicians have been simply that: interactions with musicians. Issues of gender, or anything else beyond the music-making, have in… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
I suppose I was affected by raw sounds and timbres more than a lot of other composers. Had I been involved with… — Wendy Carlos Copy Share Image
Why does the world need a Piano Day? For many reasons. But mostly, because it doesn't hurt to celebrate the piano and… — Nils Frahm Copy Share Image
A man with a talent does what is expected of him, makes his way, constructs, is an engineer, a composer, a builder… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
Most artists, most painters, even composers would want to come back and redo their work. They've got a new perspective on it,… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Man has used human rhythmic movement as raw material out of which to create works of art, as the composer of music… — Ted Shawn Copy Share Image
To make good films, you have to have a good relationship and good collaboration as composer-director, composer-editor, composer-production designer-actor because you're working… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
A review of his work: His music soon spread throughout Europe, and he was invited to America were he performed the Piano… — Ottorino Respighi Copy Share Image
I don't like to do things the same way every time. You always want to be evolving as a composer, and if… — Christopher Tin Copy Share Image
When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes and rhythms.… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
R. Murray Shcafer is a Canadian composer with a twist. Aside from writing incredibly ethereal music, he is also an acousitc ecologist,… — Weyes Blood Copy Share Image
I listen to new music by composers who are interesting to me. I listen to some; I don't know if I want… — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
The architect is very interesting because the architect is the commander, meaning the one who commands all the workers. The architect is… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
All great musical composers have been connected, consciously or unconsciously, with this source of music-a fact that enabled them to become masters… — Corinne Heline Copy Share Image
[We need] someone like Don Sickler, who is an amazing trumpet player and who is also a publisher and amazing producer and… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
There is no "End" to be written, neither can you, like an architect, engrave in stone the day the garden was finished.… — Mirabel Osler Copy Share Image
You think about, like, [20th-century classical composers] Alban Berg, Schoenberg, and Webern sitting around in some living room in Vienna and being… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I don't ascribe to the idea of the ivory tower composer who sits alone in a room composing his masterpieces and then… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
![“An actor and a [theatre] director are both what I would call interpreters of work. We interpret a work, just as a musician will interpret a composer's work, we interpret the work of a playwright. We are servants of the theatre and I've always believed that. We must serve what has been written…” quote by George Ogilvie](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7a7/george-ogilvie-34528_actors_an-actor-and-a-theatre-director-are-both_3214543.jpg)
![“[We need] someone like Don Sickler, who is an amazing trumpet player and who is also a publisher and amazing producer and composer and arranger. There's a lot of ways you can make a contribution.” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8b6/jon-gordon-1655_composer_we-need-someone-like-don-sickler-who-is_2836460.png)
![“You think about, like, [20th-century classical composers] Alban Berg, Schoenberg, and Webern sitting around in some living room in Vienna and being like, "We are the end of music. We are the end of this tradition. Music is done."” quote by David Longstreth](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0aa/david-longstreth-8561_20th-century_you-think-about-like-20th-century-classi_2113030.jpg)
