If I were to die tomorrow, I think they'd say Newman 56, composer of the hit song, Short People. Jumped off a… — Randy Newman Copy Share Image
The more dollars the studio producers put in, the less freedom we have. If the budget hits $100m, they get scared -… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s… — Yanni Copy Share Image
I don't understand why we have to experiment with film. I think everything should be done on paper. A musician has to… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
My closest friends are Roger Moore, who is an actor, Sean Connery, who is an actor, Terry O'Neill, who is a photographer,… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Music is of two kinds: one petty, poor, second-rate, never varying, its base the hundred or so phrasings which all musicians understand,… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Our life as consumers seems light years away from that of our grandparents. But you don't change human nature. Optimism, for me,… — Ed Mayo Copy Share Image
Any asshole can write a tone-row. It takes a composer to write a tune. — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
There is competition. It's almost like I'm back in tennis competing in a way. There are usually about twenty composers vying for… — Aaron Zigman Copy Share Image
To meditate for world peace, to pray for a better world, and to work for social justice and environmental protection while continuing… — Will Tuttle Copy Share Image
If you're reading a comic strip, you can read it at any speed you want. But with film and music, the audience… — John Kricfalusi Copy Share Image
The Violins waltzed. The Cellos and Basses provided accompaniment. The Violas mourned their fate, while the Concertmaster showed off. The Flutes did… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Why should the composer be more guilty than the poet who warms to fantasy by a strange flame, making an idea that… — Franz Schubert Copy Share Image
I think that one of the things that influences me most as a composer is to what extent I can deconstruct and… — Fred Frith Copy Share Image
A good composer is slowly discovered and a bad composer is slowly found out. — Ernest Newman Copy Share Image
Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer the public cold spring water. — Jean Sibelius Copy Share Image
I don't like to do things the same way every time. You always want to be evolving as a composer, and if… — Christopher Tin Copy Share Image
God created music as a common language for all men. It inspires the poets, the composers and the architects. It lures us… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Notes are part of life for any composer for hire. There's no way around it. I think anyone who has done even… — Christophe Beck Copy Share Image
