Appease Quote by Adrian Younge

Composing is an emotional thing.

— Ilaiyaraaja

Composing is sort of an intuitive act. You have to put yourself in the right frame of mind.

— Howard Shore

Composing means you have a beginning, middle and end and a fluidity to what you're doing.

— Sandra Bullock

Composing is a slowed-down improvisation; often one cannot write fast enough to keep up with the stream of ideas.

— Arnold Schoenberg

Composing is not a profession. It is a maniaa harmless madness.

— Arthur Honegger

Composing is like making love to the future.

— Lukas Foss

When you compose, it's like writing. You're like a writer. You just think all the time.

— Alexandre Desplat

When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want to do is satisfy the expectations of your employer.…

— Joel Coen

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 will.

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

Never compose anything unless the not composing of it becomes a positive nuisance to you.

— Gustav Holst

Composing is like driving down a foggy road.

— Benjamin Britten

When it comes to sitting down and composing, there is no hesitation, no concern, no critics breathing fire down my neck. For me, writing…

— Rufus Wainwright