These days I think the composers of music influence me more than any photographers or visual creators. I see something exciting or… — Ralph Steiner Copy Share Image
In my view, the composer, just as the poet, the sculptor or the painter, is in duty bound to serve Man, the… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
Writers, Composers, Painters, - also artists like directors and actors fall into the same category. They have to be handled with kid… — Marlene Dietrich Copy Share Image
I recall improvisational drummer and composer Michael Evans telling me a story of someone who had the opportunity to meet Cage and… — David Grubbs Copy Share Image
As far as rock groups, I really like Stone Temple Pilots. As for classical composers, it's Bach. I love Paganini, too, the… — Matt Schulze Copy Share Image
In the scientific community you find competent teachers and original researchers, just as in the musical community you find many good performers… — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
I suppose I was affected by raw sounds and timbres more than a lot of other composers. Had I been involved with… — Wendy Carlos Copy Share Image
Human warmth is perhaps the most lacking in a composer who lives his life in a recording studio. — Fabio Frizzi Copy Share Image
When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes and rhythms.… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
I've been kind of listening to the composer Britten and his rendition of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The opening track is a… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
In my study I can lay my hand on the Bible in the pitch dark. All truly inspired ideas come from God.… — Johannes Brahms Copy Share Image
When you think of Mitch Leigh as a businessman, remember he's also a composer. And when you think of Mitch Leigh as… — Mitch Leigh Copy Share Image
You become a great composer when you win a Pulitzer. But I think that now it's a completely meaningless award. — John Corigliano Copy Share Image
Before writing a single note of music, and even before the spotting session, I find it best to sit down with the… — John Keltonic Copy Share Image
A composer is not only an architect but also an inventor, and he should not build houses in which he cannot live. — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
I was going to say is that I come from a rock background, but also I was super interested in jazz for… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
Men have been in the forefront of music for centuries, and they have written glorious music, loved and appreciated by many. In… — Barbara Harbach Copy Share Image
I am a ham. I've no business being rock 'n' roll. I've said it over and over again that I'm a classical… — John Cale Copy Share Image
It is a pleasant surprise to him (the pure mathematician) and an added problem if he finds that the arts can use… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
I got myself into a lovely little shall we say controversy with André Breton, by pointing out that the discipline of spontaneity,… — Virgil Thomson Copy Share Image
The meaning and purpose of dancing is the dance. Like music also, it is fulfilled in each moment of its course. You… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
Fortunately, I started very young, so I read music very well. And my favorite composers to play are Brahms and Mozart. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
One of my heroes is a composer named James Bernard, and oh my God... I can still listen to his music today… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
The composers hated me. The singers detested me. The guitarists were terrified by me. — Bulat Okudzhava Copy Share Image
There's still a lot I need to do as a player, as a musician, as a sound creator. I have commissioned 170… — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
