Answering Quote by A. R. Rahman

It's not instant composing; it's not following any kind of a formula. All you do is hear music in your head and reproduce it.

— Lennie Tristano

I kept trying to write music that felt like I was asking myself questions. It sounds kind of selfish or self-focused, but it was…

— Noah Kahan

When composing music, I just start spilling things out and then wait until they take form, you know what I mean, until I see…

— J. Cole

I compose music because I must give expression to my feelings, just as I talk because I must give utterance to my thoughts.

— Sergei Rachmaninoff

Music is powered by ideas. If you don't have clarity of ideas, you're just communicating sheer sound.

— Yo-Yo Ma

Because obviously when we write our music, we pour our heart and soul into it. I put everything into my music... I just feel…

— Bea Miller

The material of music is sound and silence. Integrating these is composing.

— John Cage

I make my music to express everything I feel is necessary to communicate at a given time. Through music, I can express myself with…

— Sophie

I'm just trying to make my favorite music. That's how I work; I just do things based on the way they feel to me.…

— Rick Rubin

People read into the music. I have a feeling that they can believe that I'm trying to put some emotion forward. It's not just…

— Kieran Hebden

I don't just write music to esthetically satisfy somebody. The reason I write music is that I feel it's a vehicle or channel which…

— George Russell

You know, as you compose music, you're just off in your own world. You have no idea where reality is, so to have an…

— Roy Lichtenstein