Composing Quotes

143 quotes by 132 authors

Composing music is hard work. — John Williams
I run around so much that I finally reasoned that composing is the one musical endeavour which you can do anywhere, anytime. — Andre Previn
Composing is sort of an intuitive act. You have to put yourself in the right frame of mind. — Howard Shore
I suspect that authors who start their careers writing for an adult audience - and who eventually produce a young adult novel or two -… — Paul Di Filippo
Poetry is composing for the breath. — Peter Davison
I did quite a lot of the arranging, fitting different sections together, tempo changes, all sorts of things like that. I actually acted as a… — Michael Giles
Composing is my life blood. — Morton Gould
My best film composing experience was with Elia Kazan. — Alex North
I was writing notes, but not composing poems. The Hunter began to develop out of this fragmented process. — George Murray
Sometimes I think that creativity is a matter of seeing, or stumbling over, unobvious similarities between things - like composing a fresh metaphor, but on… — David Mitchell
Each prayer is more beautiful than the others. I cannot recite them all and not knowing which to choose, I do like children who do… — Therese Of Lisieux
I've been relying very heavily on my instincts as of late, and my songwriting has come to depend on my ability to surrender to the… — Christine Anderson
Many people believe that composing 'Concerto for Orchestra' kept Bartok alive through his final years of a battle with leukemia. — John Larry Granger
The composing room has an unlimited supply of periods available to terminate short, simple sentences. — Turner Catledge
Beethoven....composing.....Full Blast.... Shakespeare.....scribbling frantically....No limits.... Michelangelo....the Art....the Dance....Screaming, without a sound.... My Muse.... My very Soul.... Watches me, Giggling, Smiling, Knowing, Hearing, The Song, The… — Eric Nickel
The best songs are written through our anger. Even though feelings change over time, our lyrics will always remain inside the song as a way… — Kastle King
I have come up with very creative ideas that really didn't work with the song I was currently composing. — Ken Hill
I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing. — Roscoe Mitchell
I think my playing has been orchestral throughout the years, and this is another way of expressing that. But I primarily see it as the… — Tony Williams
I don't meditate before I play or compose, but I see playing and composing as meditative acts. — Steve Swallow

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