Composition Quote by Alejo Carpentier

A considerable role in the forming of my style was played by an early attraction to study composition.

— Vasily Smyslov

I spent a lot of time teaching myself theory and harmony so I could be free to express myself on the instrument.

— George Benson

I was fifteen years old, and I hardly knew how to play a simple Bach prelude on the piano when I began to compose…

— Gyorgy Ligeti

I had composed songs, I sang, and played the vina. Practising this music I arrived at a stage where I touched the music of…

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

The main thing is that I've been studying composition for the last four years. I'd say it's the life experience combined with the lessons…

— Kip Winger

When I left Europe in 1987 I did so with the thought that my relevance as a composition teacher would benefit from a certain…

— Brian Ferneyhough

I began composing works which were imitative of the music I was being told about. I was also very interested in translating the music…

— Henry Flynt

I wanted to explore sound, rather than composition and form.

— Ashkan Kooshanejad

I cannot learn creation from other people; I've got to do it myself. Now, honestly, I regret not studying - I don't know about…

— PSY

I started writing music as a composer in school, in the classical tradition.

— Julia Holter

“Self study leads to improvisation and improvisation leads to evolution.”

— Oscar Auliq-Ice

Anything I do, I learn about first. I am not in favour of improvisation; I believe in work and in learning

— Ferreira Gullar