Composer Quotes · Page 16

I sort of enjoy being able to hear what other composers are doing and how they might score something differently than me.…

— Marco Beltrami

There are some composers - at the head of whom stands Beethoven - who not only do not know when to stop…

— Virginia Graham

I have always believed that I need a circumference of silence. As to what happens to when I composer, I really haven't…

— Samuel Barber

Fred Sturm has proven to be a great asset to the musical world as a teacher, composer and author. His gifts have…

— Bob Brookmeyer

For instance, members of the elite will never allow their children to become musicians normally, because it's - not embarrassing - but…

— Ayshay

“A composer who can lift the spirit of a million people with a song, is a definite force for good.”

— Abhijit Naskar

I think a composer is always interested in his last work.

— Gyorgy Ligeti

Music composer Tanishk Bagchi has always believed in me.

— Jubin Nautiyal

I will gladly give lessons as a favor, particularly when I see that my student has talent, inclination, and anxiety to learn;…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

My dream was always to be a composer, but fashion came very easily.

— Gianni Versace

Both costume and fashion are about telling a story, except that in a ballet the story has already been written by the…

— Raf Simons

I thought I wanted to be a performing and recording artist, and played many recitals and performances beginning in the 1970s. In…

— Barbara Harbach

I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned.

— Toru Takemitsu

The most important thing to remember is that the composer is a senior partner. You cannot force a subject on a composer…

— Terry Teachout

I have declared that I will work free of cost with those composers who are passionate about their work. Sohail Sen is…

— Sukhwinder Singh

The composer does not want the self-sufficiency of a richly complex text: he or she wants to feel that the text is…

— James Fenton

Gifted women musicians and composers rarely received their due.

— James Cook

I knew I couldn't sing over them, so I decided to sing under them. The more noise they made the more softly…

— Peggy Lee

Drummers get bored. You tell them to play something simple, and it gets more complicated as they do it. If they're not…

— Phil Collins

The composer Stravinsky had written a new piece with a difficult violin passage. After it had been in rehearsal for several weeks,…

— Thomas Powers

My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of…

— Evelyn Glennie

I am proud to be able to claim that, from the age of nineteen, I've managed to earna living entirely as a…

— Richard Rodney Bennett

Any working composer or painter or sculptor will tell you that inspiration comes at the eighth hour of labour rather than as…

— Anonymous

The musical culture in the United States has no doubt suffered severe setbacks, especially in funding, since the early 2000's. However, I've…

— Michael Hersch

Miranda [Hentoff] is a complete musician. She's a composer, a singer. She writes scripts along - with her projects. And she's a…

— Nat Hentoff