I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn't thought of putting the two together… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
I would love to compose more fantasy music, whether it's for a film or a game. That genre has so much opportunity… — Jason Graves Copy Share Image
A good composer is slowly discovered and a bad composer is slowly found out. — Ernest Newman Copy Share Image
Although I don't know Paul McCartney, a mutual friend told me that Paul was reading my book, This Is Your Brain on… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
All of a sudden it hit me - If there was such a thing as composing music, there could be such a… — Len Lye Copy Share Image
I've been composing music all my life and if I'd been clever enough at school I would like to have gone to… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
This whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, “Is there a meaning to music?” My answer to that would be,… — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
For many artists fame complements the value of creative self-expression. Ludwig van Beethoven loved composing music, but he probably would have enjoyed… — Tyler Cowen 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
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
If you invent something, you're doing a creative act. It's like writing a novel or composing music. You put your heart and… — James Dyson Copy Share Image
Music is indeed the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
If anyone has conducted a Beethoven performance, and then doesn't have to go to an osteopath, then there's something wrong. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
When composing music, I just start spilling things out and then wait until they take form, you know what I mean, until… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
