It is always the same with me; only when I experience…

My best film composing experience was with Elia Kazan.

— Alex North

Only when I experience do I compose - only when I compose do I experience.

— Gustav Mahler

The most rewarding experience as a musician is to know that I moved people personally.

— Lari White

What I wanted and what I visualized while composing has not always been realized.

— Gustav Mahler

I think my playing has been orchestral throughout the years, and this is another way of expressing that. But I primarily see it as…

— Tony Williams

When I lived in New York, there wasn't as much TV or film around. I got asked to do a couple of indie films,…

— James Iha

Playing is much, much harder than composing in my opinion, becoming a player. If you want to be a player for all your life…

— John Powell

I don't meditate before I play or compose, but I see playing and composing as meditative acts.

— Steve Swallow

I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn't thought of putting the two together until around…

— Bruce Cockburn

I was really into the music of Cream after I finished composing the music for 'BTTB.'

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

Even though, theoretically, being a composer and being a songwriter are the same thing, in my brain, they are completely different. When I am…

— Michael Bacon

I'm the only actor who has done everything, right from anchoring shows to composing and singing songs to theatre to movies.

— Javed Jaffrey

Composing a piece of music is very feminine. It is sensitive, emotional, contemplative. By comparison, doing housework is positively masculine.

— Barbara Kolb

As human beings, we are the only organisms that create for the sheer stupid pleasure of doing so. Whether it's laying out a garden,…

— Gary Hamel

Every day I lugged my backpack through the halls, waiting for the final bell. Then I'd race home and hole up in my room,…

— Josh Groban