America Quote by Bernard Holland

I have always loved composers who have been connected with folk traditions of popular music.

— Ludovico Einaudi

My father Apresh Lahiri and mother Bansari Lahiri were great composers of their time.

— Bappi Lahiri

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

My favourite composers are Vishal Shekhar, AR Rahman, Shankar Ehsaan-Loy.

— Bappi Lahiri

For years, my favorite composers had been Monteverdi and Bach. Then I began to rediscover the 19th century, see it from another perspective.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

I love Puccini and that oriental influence in his music.

— Johnny Mathis

“Even Mozart, perhaps the most gifted composer in history, developed and grew in his art. The music he wrote in his thirties was far…

— Robert Fritz

I want Bappa to be amongst the best music composers. My father was a great singer and I also did quite well and now…

— Bappi Lahiri

Any composer needs opportunities, but now these chances are based on personal relationships, and not on talent alone. For that, you must keep calling…

— M. Jayachandran

I come from a very strenuous, strict, disciplined classical music background. My grandfather, noted Carnatic classical exponent Dr. Sripada Pinakapani, was a Padma Bhushan…

— Chinmayi

I guess, for better or for worse, I am an American composer, and I've had a wonderful life being exactly that.

— Samuel Barber

K.G. Sathar, a neighbour, was my guru. He taught me the violin and Hindustani music.

— Mohan Sithara