Done Quote by Charlie Haden

I try to put a lot of our music in my music - by that I mean of American music.

— Wynton Marsalis

I guess, for better or for worse, I am an American composer, and I've had a wonderful life being exactly that.

— Samuel Barber

I want to make music that somehow connects to the things that I love in America music.

— Joanna Newsom

I have to say I owe my career to the master composers of the Great American Songbook who have written such high-quality songs -…

— Tony Bennett

Well, American composers are the best composers. At this time in the world, we are where the energy is. We are the most diverse,…

— David Del Tredici

The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music…

— Virgil Thomson

My records have done very well in Europe and I want Americans to like my music too.

— Demis Roussos

The whole path of American music has been so much about the recognition of stylistic diversity, and the recognition of the importance of music…

— Michael Tilson Thomas

I'm getting to compose music for diverse language films from all over the country.

— Amit Trivedi

The first year I started in San Francisco, there was an American work on every program and there's been a lot of music by…

— Michael Tilson Thomas

There are a lot of composers who were fantastic, but I challenge them to write a record that you could play five times a…

— Robert Wyatt

I was fortunate enough to have the success in America, and the fact that I write a lot of songs helps.

— Mark Morrison