Composer Quote by Fred Frith

Like many composers, most of my compositions are influenced by the music I've listened to throughout my life.

— Nobuo Uematsu

I've always been a composer dependent on texts.

— David Del Tredici

I always felt that one day I would have to make the change in my own life, bite the bullet and see what it…

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

I can't say I'd like to concentrate on one particular composer. I'm looking forward to doing a variety.

— Andris Nelsons

I consider myself a composer.

— Timbaland

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

I started out being quite an eclectic composer, not quite sure where to fit in. I tried my hand a bit at everything, except…

— C418

That is basically me, and although I have done many things in my life - conducting, playing piano, and so on - what is…

— Morton Gould

I don't really call myself a composer.

— Caroline Shaw

It is always interesting and sometimes even important to have intimate knowledge of a composer's life, but it is not essential in order to…

— Daniel Barenboim

I can admire music where you feel the composer has everything organized and perfectly shaped, but it doesn't touch me. I like to feel…

— Stephen Hough

I don't use composers. I research music the way I research the photographs or the facts in my scripts.

— Ken Burns