Composer Quotes

392 quotes by 291 authors

Other, far fewer, directors are more like the composer - conceptualizing the piece, scoring it, distributing its musical lines among a range of registers, chords,… — Thomas Harrison
I really liked doing a number of the projects and directors, and etc., etc., I knew about half-way through that I would never be doing… — Danny Elfman
A nation creates music - the composer only arranges it. — Mikhail Glinka
I've had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I feel really good. I've had lots of… — Ornette Coleman
Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.' — Ornette Coleman
It's not a special taste. An American composer should have something to say to a cab driver. — Morton Gould
Which is why, in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only the works of a single composer, so that the audience… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Yes, Carl Vine stuck around. He's now number one composer for choreography. — Graeme Murphy
I've come up with another formulation about style: that it's essentially a manifestation of a certain habitual set of limitations. It's what a composer does… — James Tenney
Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion?' — Alfred Schnittke
When you work with a good composer, you don't tell him what to write. If he knows your playing, he will do what he thinks… — Stan Getz
Behind all creation is silence. Silence is the essential condition, the vital ingredient for all creation and all that is created. It is a power… — Dr BK Satyanarayan

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