Composers Quotes

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Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas. — George Gershwin
In Hollywood, the rainbow hits the ground for composers. — Hoagy Carmichael
... Andres Segovia literally created the genre of classical guitar, which hadn't existed before around 1910. There was flamenco, which he borrowed from, but he… — Roger McGuinn
The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a… — Daniel Levitin
I still the love classic period, but also the baroque period, and even 17th-Century music such as the music of Monteverdi. He's one of the… — Cecilia Bartoli
I would still love to do more Handel. I think Handel was a fantastic composer. I did lots of Vivaldi, but it's also important to… — Cecilia Bartoli
Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand. — Alberto Moravia
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
Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds. — John Philip Sousa
Gifted women musicians and composers rarely received their due. — James Cook
The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing — Gerry Mulligan
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
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 Western musical canon came about not merely by accumulation, but by opposition and subversion, both to the ruling powers on whom composers depended for… — Brian Ferneyhough
Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle. — Thomas Beecham
You can't have Bach, Mozart and Beethoven as your favorite composers. They simply define what music is! — Michael Tilson Thomas
Composers today get a TV script on Friday and have to record on Tuesday. It's just dreadful to impose on gifted talent and expect decent… — Alex North
I don't use composers. I research music the way I research the photographs or the facts in my scripts. — Ken Burns
Sibelius justified the austerity of his old age by saying that while other composers were engaged in manufacturing cocktails, he offered the public pure cold… — Neville Cardus
I feel that I belong to the 19th century. Some composers' music is very topical. It almost says, 'This is about what I read in… — Gordon Getty

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