Always Quote by Alan Menken

“Collaborative workshops and writers' peer groups hadn't been invented when I was young. They're a wonderful invention. They put the writer into a community…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

A workshop is a way of renting an audience, and making sure you're communicating what you think you're communicating. It's so easy as a…

— Octavia Butler

I began like all composers, writing for small groups. Chamber groups.

— David Del Tredici

I think that, in principle, a workshop is such a beautiful idea - an environment in which writers who are collectively apprenticed to the…

— Eleanor Catton

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

— Ken Hill

I was composing before I realised I was a composer. I mean it came more or less naturally.

— Richard Meale

As a young pianist in Hollywood, I began orchestrating for others, and I just felt really comfortable doing that.

— John Williams

I've had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I feel really good. I've had lots…

— Ornette Coleman

When I started writing songs, I was doing it for myself and a small circle of friends. And gradually, over the years, an audience…

— Conor Oberst

I was composing before I realised I was a composer. It came more or less naturally. There were a couple of old ladies lived…

— Richard Meale

I suppose I was affected by raw sounds and timbres more than a lot of other composers. Had I been involved with orchestral composing,…

— Wendy Carlos

I've always been a composer dependent on texts.

— David Del Tredici