Because I have become such a solitary, and not in the Aristotelian sense: not a beast, not a god. Rather, a loner… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have a notion that what might improve the situation is to have women take over the occupations of government and… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
I'm trying to conduct only five months a year, and the rest will be composing time. I'm trying to spend as much… — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
The best songs are written through our anger. Even though feelings change over time, our lyrics will always remain inside the song… — Kastle King Copy Share Image
All of my acoustic playing came from my songwriting. All of the chords I've learned and all of the voicings I play… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
If you see everything through the lens, you are constantly composing pictures. I think in pictures; I don't think in text. — Alison Jackson Copy Share Image
All these tales of people sitting down and composing symphonies just as though they were writing a letter are very much exaggerated;… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
I think it's important to be sincere. And I could be the most sincere just staying in [my] mother language actually. And… — Stromae Copy Share Image
I used to look at composing music as problem solving. But as I get older, it's not about problem solving anymore. There… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
I cannot learn creation from other people; I've got to do it myself. Now, honestly, I regret not studying - I don't… — PSY Copy Share Image
There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never… — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
Composing a concert is like composing a menu.... If you start with light pieces and play a 45-minute sonata after the interlude,… — Arthur Rubinstein Copy Share Image
I could create music that sounded as strange as any electronic music, because you see, my opinion about electronic music is that… — Glenn Branca Copy Share Image
When I am seriously composing, sometimes a phrase will come into my head, a catch phrase. When I was writing pop songs… — Tom Glazer Copy Share Image
Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the… — Benjamin Britten Copy Share Image
Writing is the action of thinking, just as drawing is the action of seeing and composing music is the action of hearing. — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
What I so like about Poussin and Cezanne is their sense of organization. Ilike the way in which they develop space and… — Ian Hornak Copy Share Image
The composer does not sit around and wait for an inspiration to walk up and introduce itself…Making music is actually little else… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The smaller the society, the fewer probably will be the distinct parties and interests composing it; the fewer the distinct parties and… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It never occurred to me that there was anything odd about writing my own music, and so I used to just jot… — Richard Meale Copy Share Image
