I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing. — Kate Smith Copy Share Image
Songs give you incredible opportunity to convey a tremendous amount in a relatively short period of time. The first thing that John… — Christopher Meledandri Copy Share Image
Sibelius justified the austerity of his old age by saying that while other composers were engaged in manufacturing cocktails, he offered the… — Neville Cardus Copy Share Image
Salieri was a pupil of Gluck. He was born in Italy in 1750 and died in Vienna in 1825. He left Italy… — Cecilia Bartoli Copy Share Image
Im like any other composer. If you give me five years to write a symphony, Im still going to be asking for… — Darren Criss Copy Share Image
In any case, Ives encouraged me to go into music even though he himself had such a hard time being a composer. — Elliott Carter Copy Share Image
I knew I could never be accepted as a straight-ahead jazz musician, nor would Iaccept myself as that. I would never be… — Anthony Davis Copy Share Image
Many consider that Shostakovich is the greatest 20th-century composer. In his 15 symphonies, 15 quartets, and in other works he demonstrated mastery… — Dmitri Shostakovich Copy Share Image
Natural emotion is the soul of poetry, as melody is of music; the same faults are engendered by over-study of either art;… — Edmund Clarence Stedman Copy Share Image
I fool around with guitar and I can fool around on piano. I don't really play either instrument although I can play… — Frankie Laine Copy Share Image
The community of mathematicians is similar to an imaginary community of musical composers whose only satisfaction is obtained by the interchange among… — Cornelius Lanczos Copy Share Image
To study music, we must learn the rules. To create music, we must break them. — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share Image
Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn’t. — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
Music is a labyrinth with no beginning and no end, full of new paths to discover, where mystery remains eternal — Pierre Boulez Copy Share Image
A person taking stock in middle age is like an artist or composer looking at an unfinished work; but whereas the composer… — Harry S. Broudy Copy Share Image
The fact that the theatregoing public likes my music is no credit to me. There are many other composers who write better… — Jerome Kern Copy Share Image
You know creators, composers, need a palette for life, a color for life. — Mstislav Rostropovich Copy Share Image
It is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental state of the composer. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
I came across a lot of young composers who have got passion but lack experience. I want to help them out. — Sukhwinder Singh Copy Share Image
That is the operatic problem; the singer must keep up a big head of steam while trying to appear secretive, or seductive,… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
I couldn't say I ever dreamt of becoming a composer, a pianist, or anything else for that matter. I have the kind… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
Each time a dancer moves devoutly or a composer faithfully searches the silence for the veiled melodies, eternity is engaged. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
As to...old composers like Schubert or Beethoven, I imagine that, while modern music expresses both feeling, thought and imagination, they expressed pure… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
