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Compose Quote by Amy Bloom

“I get to tell the most interesting stories I know how to tell with the most interesting sentences I know how to compose - and people who aren't related to me read them. To be paid to write things that matter to me is extraordinary.” quote by Amy Bloom — Download Open image

“I get to tell the most interesting stories I know how to tell with the most interesting sentences I know how to compose - and people who aren't related to me read them. To be paid to write things that matter to me is extraordinary.”

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I follow a simple formula when I compose. I ask myself, 'What would the audience want to hear?' and 'Why would they buy my…

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Every song that I compose has to satisfy the music director in me.

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I don't meditate before I play or compose, but I see playing and composing as meditative acts.

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One of the challenges is creating characters. I am trying to compose my sentences to express epic events happening to ordinary people.

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I got to compose for a full symphony orchestra.

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Works of art inspire me to compose.

Krzysztof Penderecki

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“Heaven resonates when one sings wholeheartedly.”

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'Write' is almost the wrong verb for what I do. I think 'compose' is more accurate because you're trying to make the sounds in…

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“Sit here, so I may write you into a poem and make you eternal.”

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I get my most creative sort of energy after a show. So I love to go back to the hotel and compose new material.…

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There are no rules when I compose songs.

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Usually I go to the studio to write lyrics and compose music. I try to be a dad as much as possible at home.

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