Composer Quotes

392 quotes by 291 authors

If I weren't a director, I would want to be a film composer. — Steven Spielberg
A good composer does not imitate; he steals. — Igor Stravinsky
The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when… — Igor Stravinsky
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of… — Igor Stravinsky
Playwrights have texts, composers have scores, painters and sculptors have the residue of those activities, and dance is traditionally an ephemeral, effervescent, here-today-gone-tomorrow kind of… — Twyla Tharp
I wanted to be a composer before anything else. And my sister was listening to Led Zeppelin in the other room! When I heard that,… — Steve Vai
My dream was always to be a composer, but fashion came very easily. — Gianni Versace
I am under no illusion that I will ever be the greatest opera composer in the world, with Wagner and Verdi and Strauss before me.… — Rufus Wainwright
As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don't want to write about anybody… — Andrew Lloyd Webber
A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians. — Frank Zappa
I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I… — Warren Zevon
I don't ascribe to the idea of the ivory tower composer who sits alone in a room composing his masterpieces and then comes down from… — John Zorn
That was my challenge as a composer. Like with anything, to keep yourself interested in doing what you do, you set yourself challenges. So I… — John Zorn
Many of the greatest composers and musicians do their best work in extreme confinement but we are seeing it in other fields - uses of… — Geoff Mulgan
Since music is a reflection of our mindset and our culture, it is bound to change with time. I am glad that India is such… — Sonu Nigam
If a composer suffers from loss of sleep and his sleeplessness induces him to turn out masterpieces, what a profitable loss it is! — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Then the bow orchestra began to play an apocalyptically beautiful canon, one of those pieces in which, surely, the composer simply transcribed what was given,… — Mark Helprin
One is seduced and battered in turn. The result is presumably wisdom. Wisdom! We are clinging to life like lizards. Why is it so difficult… — James Salter
The genius of a composer is found in the notes of his music; but analyzing the notes will not reveal his genius. The poet's greatness… — Anthony de Mello
Wherever thereâ€™s a conductor, youâ€™re sure to find a dead composer! — Daniel Handler

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