Compose Music Quotes

I don't think that because l'm a composer I only have to compose music.

— Joe Hisaishi

I like to compose, but only for myself. I write my own lyrics and compose the music around them.

— Arijit Singh

'Raaga' is one of those movies which is very special for any music director to compose music for.

— Arjun Janya

I compose music for films, and by the grace of God, I've got a few awards. That's it.

— A. R. Rahman

I'm getting to compose music for diverse language films from all over the country.

— Amit Trivedi

Every day I paint, and every day I compose music.

— Vangelis

Human nature provides the lyrics, and we novelists just compose the music.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I felt a challenge to compose music. That's where my challenge was, for the most part.

— Pauline Oliveros

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

— Roy Lichtenstein

Why do people compose music? Why do people listen to music? When we go into a concert, we go into a place…

— Stephen Hough

I always recommend to any player to always compose their own music. It's one of the best things you can do to…

— Lee Ritenour

I compose the music according to the nature of the show. 'Peter Gunn's' focus was violence so that was my key.

— Henry Mancini

I was thrilled when I was offered the opportunity to compose music for three songs penned by Karunanidhi in 'Paasakiligal.'

— Vidyasagar

I am songwriter. I do compose the music of songs that I write in Bengali. But I've never thought of composing for…

— Arijit Singh

Usually I go to the studio to write lyrics and compose music. I try to be a dad as much as possible…

— Miyavi

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

— Sergei Rachmaninoff

I believe that traditional wisdom is incomplete. A composer can have all the talent of Mozart and a passionate desire to succeed,…

— Martin Seligman

I would enjoy venturing into music, as I do write songs and compose music! And, of course, dance, rhythm and performance are…

— Jiah Khan

Hrithik is a great help to me while I compose the music for our films. He gives his inputs to us. He…

— Rajesh Roshan

I'm a living composer, so I think I just write and compose the music of my time. I'm not saying that I…

— Ludovico Einaudi

I've been a full-time composer for many years, and I'm still learning all the time. There is always more than one musical…

— John Keltonic

It's great to compose music just for my own enjoyment, but that I have been able to make a lot of new…

— Natalia Lafourcade

Nowadays, all students have access to and indeed most own computers and are comfortable with the software used to compose music. There…

— Jon Appleton

To be an artist, you don't have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It's just…

— Viggo Mortensen

I had always wanted to compose music for movies, but had never been given the opportunity.

— Allan Holdsworth

I have no education, I have no academic background in painting or in music, but I write music and I compose music…

— Anthony Hopkins

I've always envied people who compose music or paint, because they don't have to be bothered with the sort of crude mess…

— Franz Wright

My father being a theatre person used to compose music for his plays. He noticed me singing one of his compositions at…

— Meghana Raj

I was fifteen years old, and I hardly knew how to play a simple Bach prelude on the piano when I began…

— Gyorgy Ligeti

From Ennio [Morricone] I ask for themes that clothe my characters easily. He's never read a script of mine to compose the…

— Sergio Leone