Assumption Quote by Igor Stravinsky

Of all composers, past and present, I am the least learned. I mean that in all seriousness, and by learning I do not mean…

— Giuseppe Verdi

I learnt everything to do with music in my own time.

— Tash Sultana

I've always been a composer dependent on texts.

— David Del Tredici

I've never taken a lesson in my life, and I can play every instrument there is. I play by ear, but I can fool…

— Dick Dale

I've learned a great deal about music through my experiences. I've learned of its sanctity. Of its holiness. I've learned that music is a…

— Christine Anderson

I learned from my teachers but became through my music

— Macklemore

I learnt music by listening to other singers like Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi, Billy Joel, Sting... I tried to emulate them. It has been…

— KK

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

— Nobuo Uematsu

I was composing before I realised I was a composer. I mean it came more or less naturally.

— Richard Meale

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 consider myself a composer.

— Timbaland

Every musician that comes along teaches me something.

— Samuel Ervin Beam