Composing Quote by Arthur Rubinstein

While the concert is instant communication with the audience, composing is a creative process where a song comes up out of nowhere and then…

— Shankar Mahadevan

The composer does not sit around and wait for an inspiration to walk up and introduce itself…Making music is actually little else than a…

— George Gershwin

“What is the use of composing if it is to confine the product within the precinct of the concert or the solitude of listening…

— Roland Barthes

If you arrive at a concert ready to play your piece, that's not nearly good enough. You must have your music ready to the…

— Stephen Hough

Why do people compose music? Why do people listen to music? When we go into a concert, we go into a place where we…

— Stephen Hough

I think my playing has been orchestral throughout the years, and this is another way of expressing that. But I primarily see it as…

— Tony Williams

I equate composing with orchestrating. I think my music in terms of an orchestra.

— Henry Mancini

Composing is just another exciting thing. It's as exciting as being in a band. It's kind of like joining a new band for three…

— James Iha

it's important as a composer to sit in silence and imagine these complex musical worlds in your head, but it's also a wonderful experience…

— Tod Machover

I don't think that because l'm a composer I only have to compose music.

— Joe Hisaishi

I run around so much that I finally reasoned that composing is the one musical endeavour which you can do anywhere, anytime.

— Andre Previn

The way it works: The orchestra plays a few selections of its own and I terminate the first part of the programme on piano,…

— George Shearing