Desirable Quote by Donal Henahan

“Musicians become professionals by playing a hundred live shows. Likewise, writers become authors by publishing a lot of bad work (until it’s no longer…

— Jeff Goins

There's always been good and bad music. Many composers hide behind modern music in order to not make music.

— Pepe Romero

It's easy for people to mistake most musicians as living the easy life. It takes a while to get to that point. I'm sure…

— Chaz Bundick

A whole generation of veteran composers has never taken a stand or provided an example and has produced in the music academies generations of…

— Itay Talgam

I think the reason composers aren't valued is because many act as servants rather than music directors. Instead of taking a stand based on…

— M. Jayachandran

The fact that the theatregoing public likes my music is no credit to me. There are many other composers who write better music that…

— Jerome Kern

I think any music of any worth has been done by people who were very interested in the internal process of their soul and…

— John Frusciante

I know a lot of great musicians that don't know they're even great, because mangers try and make them feel belittled like they're not…

— Jim "Dandy" Mangrum

“If all, or almost all, the plays that are popular now, imaginative works as well as historical ones, are known to be nonsense and…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The death of the music business was insane, but audio recordings have been around now for maybe 120 years. Books have been around for,…

— Stephen King

The public is usually slow to catch on to new things, and it's important that musicians stick to their guns and not look for…

— Greg Ginn

“Concert pianists get to be quite chummy with dead composers. They can't help it. Classical music isn't just music . It's a personal diary.…

— Marisha Pessl