Composer Quote by Arthur Honegger

The first requirement for a composer is to be dead.

— Arthur Honegger

There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead.

— Arthur Honegger

I dare suggest that the composer would do himself and his music an immediate and eventual service by total, resolute and voluntary withdrawal from…

— Milton Babbitt

It's funny because as a composer, you want to hear your songs live on. I think a lot of times people will create a…

— Christian Scott

There's always been good and bad music. Many composers hide behind modern music in order to not make music.

— Pepe Romero

The public doesn't want new music.

— Arthur Honegger

Thus, if a composer wants to produce music that is relevant to his contemporaries, his chief problem is not really musical, though it may…

— John Blacking

The present day composer refuses to die.

— Edgard Varese

What do you think happens to a composer who is sincere and loves to write and has to wait thirty years to have someone…

— Charles Mingus

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

— Gyorgy Ligeti

If a composer could state in words what being a composer means, he would no longer need to be a composer.

— Ned Rorem

Some directors can become concerned when it comes to music, because it's the end of the process and they're tired. They're worried that the…

— Alexandre Desplat