Composing Quote by Esa-Pekka Salonen

I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.

— Roscoe Mitchell

All of your experience comes into play when you're composing.

— Terry Bozzio

Never compose anything unless the not composing of it becomes a positive nuisance to you.

— Gustav Holst

I find it very difficult to compose when I'm not playing.

— Chuck Mangione

A typical day for me is I'm writing when I'm not directing.

— Adam Rapp

I've never loved composing, because I feel like other people do it better.

— Hilary Hahn

The most immediately gratifying thing about my work is conducting a large orchestra. But the long range payoff is composing because you've written something…

— Henry Mancini

I don't compose, actually. I just record. I'm the opposite of a composer in my way of working. I'm more instinctive.

— Yann Tiersen

I'm composing and writing music.

— Anthony Hopkins

When I am composing, I try to clear my mind of having to publish, or having to sell a book or find readers. That…

— Maxine Hong Kingston

Composing is sort of an intuitive act. You have to put yourself in the right frame of mind.

— Howard Shore

I only write when listening to the music.

— Mod Sun