Belief Quote by Anthony Braxton

To be a great composer requires immense experience... One acquires this by listening not only to other men's work, but above all to one's…

— Frederic Chopin

I can admire music where you feel the composer has everything organized and perfectly shaped, but it doesn't touch me. I like to feel…

— Stephen Hough

every artist is both male and female, and ... sometimes, the two great elements are in conjunction with him, so that all by himself…

— Ruth St. Denis

The artist is the consciousness of society... but musicians' role is very special.

— Wadada Leo Smith

History's most treasured musicians were believed in and cultivated to reach their potential. Today, it would be difficult for those musicians to get deals.…

— Steve Vai

I am a composer first and foremost, and have always believed that being able to write memorable melodies is what sets musicians apart.

— Bradley Joseph

Artists have no less talents than ever, their taste, their vision, their sentiment are often interesting; they are mighty in their independence and feeble…

— George Santayana

In our profession someone can be very brilliant and acquire total technical mastery. Yet in the last resort, the only thing that really counts…

— Herbert von Karajan

It is hard to think of another composer who so perfectly marries form and passion.

— Leonard Bernstein

All great musical composers have been connected, consciously or unconsciously, with this source of music-a fact that enabled them to become masters of their…

— Corinne Heline

If he's a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the jazz musician.

— Buddy Rich

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

— Gyorgy Ligeti