Composition Quote by Bryce Dessner

There are a lot of composers who were fantastic, but I challenge them to write a record that you could play five times a…

— Robert Wyatt

Composers are very individual creatures.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

I was composing before I realised I was a composer. I mean it came more or less naturally.

— Richard Meale

You can't have Bach, Mozart and Beethoven as your favorite composers. They simply define what music is!

— Michael Tilson Thomas

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 consider myself a composer.

— Timbaland

I think that if I were required to spend the rest of my life on a desert island, and to listen to or play…

— Glenn Gould

The three greatest composers are Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. All the others are cretins.

— Hans von Bulow

Jerry Goldsmith, I have to say, is my single favorite composer of all time. He was one of the most innovative guys ever to…

— James Newton Howard

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

I've outdone anyone you can name - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.

— James Brown

I listen only to Bach, Beethoven or Mozart. Life is too short to waste on other composers.

— John Edensor Littlewood