Could Quote by Alexandre Desplat

What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with composers. I think that has driven everything I've done.

— Robert Moog

The biggest inspiration I had was to take norteno soul music and fuse it with Mexican music. It was my great big idea to…

— Ry Cooder

It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me.

— Cecilia Bartoli

I was very conceptual about what I was doing; I had the first five albums planned out, and all the songs on every album,…

— St. Lucia

I grew up playing in youth orchestras, so they were my most treasured memories, so to be in front of an orchestra playing my…

— Laura Mvula

I've been very fortunate as a composer to be involved with projects that have really propelled my scores forward. I'm very proud of it.

— Alan Menken

I've been lucky to have been given opportunities in different genres. And most of the time I've felt that the exploration, the composing, the…

— James Newton Howard

My primary calling, I always knew since the age of 11, was as a composer, and so that had to take priority.

— Gunther Schuller

I had great inspiration from a Japanese composer named Toru Takemitsu. He wrote over 90 film scores and a lot of concert music, a…

— Howard Shore

I've been really fortunate to work with a lot of really talented people from different corners of the music world... it keeps things inspiring…

— Matthew Koma

Ive always enjoyed the enthusiasm of the best studio musicians and, over the years, have collected so many inspired contributions from them.

— Michael Franks

I've always enjoyed the enthusiasm of the best studio musicians and, over the years, have collected so many inspired contributions from them.

— Michael Franks