Appreciate Quote by Aileen Wuornos

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

— Igor Stravinsky

Frank [Zappa] said he probably would have been a major criminal, given his brain power and his attention to detail, had he not been…

— Gail Zappa

It's a myth that you need to understand all the ins and outs of music. The ideal scenario is you have a conceptual, directorial…

— Henry Jackman

When you work with a good composer, you don't tell him what to write. If he knows your playing, he will do what he…

— Stan Getz

It is always interesting and sometimes even important to have intimate knowledge of a composer's life, but it is not essential in order to…

— Daniel Barenboim

To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole.

— Gustav Mahler

When you think about a composer you know like Wagner or Pier Boulez or something like that most of the issues a composer is…

— DJ Spooky

I don't really call myself a composer.

— Caroline Shaw

What do you think happens to a composer who is sincere and loves to write and has to wait thirty years to have someone…

— Charles Mingus

I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go…

— Samuel Barber

I think a composer is always interested in his last work.

— Gyorgy Ligeti

I dare suggest that the composer would do himself and his music an immediate and eventual service by total, resolute and voluntary withdrawal from…

— Milton Babbitt