It is the melody which is the charm of music, and it is…

Invention is nothing more than a fine deviation from, or enlargement on a fine model . . .

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Fogs are like dreams that feed the soul, and without their mysterious embrace, childhood, courtship, poetry and the composition of music become all the…

— Michael Leunig

I grew up on Bach and Beethoven, and now I'm listening to more modern composers who I can't even name. But since I'm constantly…

— A. R. Rahman

Arriving at a simple piece of music is a very difficult balance because, in being simple, you could easily be banal, so maybe it's…

— Ludovico Einaudi

I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.

— Anonymous

Anything I do has to have integrity, so if you just want to make music, it's not difficult finding support. The hard part for…

— Esperanza Spalding

It's so easy to put music out that it's difficult to sift through stuff that I don't like to find stuff I do like.

— Mark Hoppus

I have sometimes been told that my music is 'difficult' for the listener.

— Roger Sessions

I think all kinds of music are being made. No one hears them. There's so much emphasis on a certain kind of music. It's…

— Mirel Wagner

Especially in repetitive music, to make a long piece of music you have to be extremely skilled in your sleight of hand. Just to…

— Oneohtrix Point Never

I've found in composing that being simple and profound—having in-depthness in your music—is the most difficult thing to do. Anybody can write a whole…

— Horace Silver

I listen to music all the time, and I just choose things I like, or things that I've not used before. Sometimes I work…

— Wayne McGregor

I'm often surprised by classical music and musicians. I've met a large number of them because my wife works for the Boston Symphony, and…

— James Taylor

Today, there's so many different types of music out there that it's difficult to keep up. Things do change; it's only natural.

— Dusty Hill

Life, like classical music, is full of difficult passages that are conquered as much through endurance and determination as through any particular skill.

— Sheri L. Dew