--- title: "13 Like Composer Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 13 Like Composer quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Like Composer sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7b/gordon-getty-25317_chance_i-just-have-to-take-my-chances-like-any_209228.jpg" --- > [I just have to take my chances like any other composer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-getty/i-just-have-to-take-my-chances-like-any-other-composer/) [Gordon Getty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-getty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7b/gordon-getty-25317_chance_i-just-have-to-take-my-chances-like-any_209228.jpg) > [I like to see myself as a composer first and only then as a singer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-imman/i-like-to-see-myself-as-a-composer-first-and-only-then-as-a-singer/) [D. Imman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-imman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/d-imman-24326_composer_i-like-to-see-myself-as-a-composer-first_3229620.jpg) > [I like a composer called Henry Purcell, and I love to listen to Neil Young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/i-like-a-composer-called-henry-purcell-and-i-love-to-listen-to-neil/) [Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f76/cornelia-funke-908_composer_i-like-a-composer-called-henry-purcell-a_1915268.png) > [I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bernstein/i-m-not-interested-in-having-an-orchestra-sound-like-itself-i-want-it/) [Leonard Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-bernstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20e/leonard-bernstein-10475_composer_i-m-not-interested-in-having-an-orchestr_2306408.jpg) > [Im like any other composer. If you give me five years to write a symphony, Im still going to be asking for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-criss/im-like-any-other-composer-if-you-give-me-five-years-to-write-a/) [Darren Criss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-criss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e42/darren-criss-8323_asking_im-like-any-other-composer-if-you-give-m_683140.jpg) > [When my opera Plump Jack was performed in 1989, my first piano teacher sent me something that I'd composed when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-getty/when-my-opera-plump-jack-was-performed-in-1989-my-first-piano-teacher/) [Gordon Getty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-getty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/850/gordon-getty-25317_composer_when-my-opera-plump-jack-was-performed-i_2435540.jpg) > [Other, far fewer, directors are more like the composer - conceptualizing the piece, scoring it, distributing its musical lines among a range…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harrison/other-far-fewer-directors-are-more-like-the-composer-conceptualizing/) [Thomas Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/thomas-harrison-35893_directors-like_other-far-fewer-directors-are-more-like_731311.jpg) > [I'm like any other composer. If you give me five years to write a symphony, I'm still going to be asking for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-criss/i-m-like-any-other-composer-if-you-give-me-five-years-to-write-a/) [Darren Criss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-criss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/986/darren-criss-8323_any_i-m-like-any-other-composer-if-you-give_647088.jpg) > [“How strange and god-like was a composer's power, who from the grave could lead through sequences of emotion, which he alone had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/how-strange-and-god-like-was-a-composer-s-power-who-from-the-grave/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b92/thomas-hardy-410_composer_how-strange-and-god-like-was-a-composer_2317308.jpg) > [In my years of working in theatre and TV I've learnt that my main skill is not the instrumental playing but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregor-schwellenbach/in-my-years-of-working-in-theatre-and-tv-i-ve-learnt-that-my-main/) [Gregor Schwellenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregor-schwellenbach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b8/gregor-schwellenbach-63083_ask-me_in-my-years-of-working-in-theatre-and-tv_2245386.jpg) > [I don't work with an outline, except a vague one in my head, a general idea of character, place, arc... I'm like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/said-sayrafiezadeh/i-don-t-work-with-an-outline-except-a-vague-one-in-my-head-a-general/) [Said Sayrafiezadeh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/said-sayrafiezadeh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dd/said-sayrafiezadeh-16091_arcs_i-don-t-work-with-an-outline-except-a-va_913151.jpg) > [Writing is a little athletic for me. I get worked up a little bit when I do it. So I guess I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-carter/writing-is-a-little-athletic-for-me-i-get-worked-up-a-little-bit-when/) [Chris Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/chris-carter-14002_athletic_writing-is-a-little-athletic-for-me-i-ge_237452.png) > [I really want to become, like, a composer for my people, my country that will photograph the things that are happening now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalia-lafourcade/i-really-want-to-become-like-a-composer-for-my-people-my-country-that/) [Natalia Lafourcade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalia-lafourcade/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/197/natalia-lafourcade-17486_composer_i-really-want-to-become-like-a-composer_2957339.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-composer/#itemlist", "name": "Like Composer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I just have to take my chances like any other composer.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gordon Getty" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-getty/i-just-have-to-take-my-chances-like-any-other-composer/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7b/gordon-getty-25317_chance_i-just-have-to-take-my-chances-like-any_209228.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7b/gordon-getty-25317_chance_i-just-have-to-take-my-chances-like-any_209228.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7b/gordon-getty-25317_chance_i-just-have-to-take-my-chances-like-any_209228.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I just have to take my chances like any other composer.” — Gordon Getty", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like to see myself as a composer first and only then as a singer.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "D. 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