I don't use composers. I research music the way I research…

I'm interested in what happens to music when other people use it. Whereas there are composers who don't like anyone to touch their music,…

— Philip Glass

My favorite moment of the whole thing was when John Belushi suggested that I get a hold of all the blues records I could…

— Steve Cropper

Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it.

— Brian Eno

I don't think I've ever done a character like this before, so I couldn't really draw from previous roles. I've been known for doing…

— Tamsin Egerton

Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas.

— George Gershwin

I think we have a lot in common with classical composers of the 19th century, although I'm not claiming to have their intelligence. They…

— Matt Bellamy

In Hollywood, the rainbow hits the ground for composers.

— Hoagy Carmichael

The more dollars the studio producers put in, the less freedom we have. If the budget hits $100m, they get scared - they'll take…

— A. R. Rahman

There's still a lot I need to do as a player, as a musician, as a sound creator. I have commissioned 170 pieces: that's…

— Evelyn Glennie

Men have been in the forefront of music for centuries, and they have written glorious music, loved and appreciated by many. In some ways,…

— Barbara Harbach

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…

— Matt Schulze

There are no black film composers doing the likes of Star Wars, doing the likes of E.T., doing the likes of Jurassic Park. There…

— J. J. Johnson

Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked.

— Judy Holliday

I always loved the motion picture scores and the great film composers like Elmer Bernstein.

— Frank Sinatra Jr

As improvisers, we're acting as composers in front of people.

— Kurt Elling