Composer Quotes

392 quotes by 291 authors

I can think and play stuff in classical music that possibly violinists who didn't have access to other types of music could never do. It… — Nigel Kennedy
Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer the public pure cold water. — Jean Sibelius
The composers hated me. The singers detested me. The guitarists were terrified by me. — Bulat Okudzhava
It's amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say… — Carlisle Floyd
Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations. — Carlisle Floyd
Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast. — Carlisle Floyd
The modern composer builds upon the foundation of truth. — Claudio Monteverdi
Composers are always going back to the past. — Anne Dudley
Freddie Bryant is a brilliant young guitarist and composer. — Kenny Burrell
Tim Price continues to explore and develop his deeply personal approach to music. Through the years his persistence, determination and passion has enabled him to… — Bennie Maupin
Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived... I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb. — Ludwig van Beethoven
By the cigars they smoke, and the composers they love, ye shall know the texture of men's souls. — John Galsworthy
A young pianist & composer who has demonstrated an exceptional creativity, in both his playing & his writing, as well as showing us all, his… — Steve Lacy
I'm a fanatic about Irish music. I love its moody, modal and timeless quality. I'm different from some other composers, because I don't look at… — James Horner
If I belong to a tradition it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what he should do and not the performer… — Alfred Brendel
The composer...joins Heaven and Earth with threads of sounds. — Alan Hovhaness
I continued to study Math and Physics on my own, but one and a half years later I realized that I did want to be… — Gyorgy Ligeti
The composer opens the cage door for arithmetic, the draftsman gives geometry its freedom. — Jean Cocteau
I used to wish I could write songs like the others - and I've tried but I just can't. I get the words all right,… — Ringo Starr
You always hear these stories of how Hollywood is so merciless on composers and how they all get beaten up. Nobody beats me up as… — Hans Zimmer

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