Compose Quotes

234 quotes by 210 authors

When I play, I very quickly put myself into a light hypnotic trance and compose while playing, drawing directly from the emotions. — John Fahey
As a performing group, the Beatles began by playing old rock favorites, for dancing, to tough audiences in Liverpool and Hamburg. When they began writing… — Jon Landau
With the help of modern technology, I can compose intricate keyboard parts and then I have to go back and learn them in order to… — Geddy Lee
Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls… — Walter Lippmann
To be an artist, you don't have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It's just a way of… — Viggo Mortensen
There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and… — Arnold Newman
I compose most of my tweets with care, as if they were aphorisms - they are not usually dashed-off. Sometimes I'm surprised by the high,… — Joyce Carol Oates
The U.S. will ignore the opinion of the Iraqi people and it will compose the new government according to its own desires. — Muqtada al Sadr
I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real… — Franz Schubert
The feeling about a soldier is, when all is said and done, he wasn't really going to do very much with his life anyway. The… — Kurt Vonnegut
I can write songs, I've had songs in movies, but I can't compose film scores, you know? — Brian Wilson
I was in the band as a boy and was taught music and learned to compose. — Norman Wisdom
People compose poetry, novels, sitcoms - for love. — Helen Fisher
Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life. — Maya Angelou
ART Art is that thing having to do only with itselfâ€”the product of a successful attempt to make a work of art. Unfortunately, there are… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Would you like me to [kill you] now?" asked Snape, his voice heavy with irony. "Or would you like a few moments to compose an… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
My dear sister! Iâ€™m amazed to discover that you can compose so delightfully. In a word, your Lied is beautiful. You must compose more often. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
For particulars, as everyone knows, make for virtue and happiness; generalities are intellectually necessary evils. Not philosophers but fretsawyers and stamp collectors compose the backbone… — Aldous Huxley
To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books, and to win, not battles and provinces, but order and tranquility in our conduct.… — Michel de Montaigne
This, in fact, is the power of the imagination, which, combining the memory of gold with that of the mountain, can compose the idea of… — Umberto Eco

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