Composer Quotes

392 quotes by 291 authors

Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are in my opinion more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate sexuality. Freedom of speech,… — Frank Zappa
Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself. — John Philip Sousa
Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds. — John Philip Sousa
There is more to creative mastership than the surface of satisfaction and political certainty. The music of Joe Fonda is part of a living tradition… — Anthony Braxton
Gifted women musicians and composers rarely received their due. — James Cook
Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in… — Loren Eiseley
I feel very free and very happy to be a composer. — Esa-Pekka Salonen
Wynton Marsalis' skills have grown as fast as his ambition, and he is the most ambitious younger composer in Jazz. — Jon Pareles
Itâ€™s really strange, but they speak to me â€” the notes and the chords. So when I hear other peopleâ€™s music, I can feel the… — Yanni
Thorny compositions that sound as if female teen punkers the Shaggs received doctorates in the music of 12-tone composer Alban Berg, and then rewrote their… — Elliott Sharp
Music is not written in red, white and blue. It is written in the heart's blood of the composer. — Nellie Melba
The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing — Gerry Mulligan
I am a ham. I've no business being rock 'n' roll. I've said it over and over again that I'm a classical composer, dishevelling my… — John Cale
There are no black film composers doing the likes of Star Wars, doing the likes of E.T., doing the likes of Jurassic Park. There are… — J J Johnson
A person taking stock in middle age is like an artist or composer looking at an unfinished work; but whereas the composer and the painter… — Harry S. Broudy
I began my career with infantile dreams of becoming a composer. — Ivor Novello
These days I think the composers of music influence me more than any photographers or visual creators. I see something exciting or lovely and think… — Ralph Steiner
... The 'cleverness' syndrome has taken the place of melody. It's like everyone has come down with this terrible disease in jazz....you are always expected… — Keith Jarrett
With Hitchcock I had little relationship. I was called to replace Bernard Herrmann, his favorite composer, in Torn Curtain, after the bitter fight between them. — Maurice Jarre
I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing. — Kate Smith

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