Composers Quotes

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It is possible I never learned the names of birds in order to discover the bird of peace, the bird of paradise, the bird of… — Anais Nin
All great composers of the past spent most of their time studying. Feeling alone won't do the job. A man also needs technique. — George Gershwin
The structural thinking I use in the concert hall is unnecessary to most film projects, and most film composers make better use of the enormous… — John Corigliano
I came across a lot of young composers who have got passion but lack experience. I want to help them out. — Sukhwinder Singh
I'm blessed to be working with wizards like Vishal Bhardwaj as well as many young composers. — Sukhwinder Singh
I have declared that I will work free of cost with those composers who are passionate about their work. Sohail Sen is one such lad,… — Sukhwinder Singh
I'm interested in what happens to music when other people use it. Whereas there are composers who don't like anyone to touch their music, I… — Philip Glass
Just as composers go to concerts and artists visit galleries, writers read. You will learn, in the most enjoyable way, more about style and language… — Judith Barrington
The fact that the theatregoing public likes my music is no credit to me. There are many other composers who write better music that the… — Jerome Kern
I cannot listen to Beethoven or Mahler or Chopin or Bach when I write because those composers require you stop what you are doing and… — Antonio Damasio
Well, American composers are the best composers. At this time in the world, we are where the energy is. We are the most diverse, the… — David Del Tredici
Why does the world need a Piano Day? For many reasons. But mostly, because it doesn't hurt to celebrate the piano and everything around it:… — Nils Frahm
Even experimental composers, revolutionary composers, self-styled radicals are, in writing revolutionary music, recognizing the music that preceded them precisely by trying to avoid it. — Leonard Bernstein
Composers love to write for symphony orchestras because the symphony is the Rolls Royce of musical instruments. — David Del Tredici
America can well expect to develop a goodly amount of composers for she has a goodly number of people. — John Philip Sousa
What will be the judgment a century hence concerning the lorded works of our favorite composers today? Inasmuch as nearly everything is subject to the… — Ludwig van Beethoven
What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with composers. I think that has driven everything I've done. — Robert Moog
A hundred years ago, of course, the question that the German Composers' Co-operative asked itself sounded a lot more fundamental: How do you create a… — Johannes Rau
The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had… — Anton Seidl
I think the thing's that perhaps sad really is that younger people haven't come in and I think it must have been absolutely fantastic to… — Andrew Lloyd Webber

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