Composer Quote by Johannes Rau

When you think about a composer you know like Wagner or Pier Boulez or something like that most of the issues a composer is…

— DJ Spooky

To be a great composer requires immense experience... One acquires this by listening not only to other men's work, but above all to one's…

— Frederic Chopin

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

— Ken Hill

If I do a play, it's my vision, and everybody else is working on the production to support that. If I do an opera,…

— David Henry Hwang

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

It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak

— Michael Bolton

A mission that comes from the heart to promote these things and to encourage composers to write, then of course they should do it.…

— Marc-Andre Hamelin

Our job as composers becomes easy when directors have a good knowledge of music and know exactly what they want.

— Arjun Janya

Many of the greatest composers and musicians do their best work in extreme confinement but we are seeing it in other fields - uses…

— Geoff Mulgan

Right from the 17th century, composers who have taken up music as their means of livelihood went through a hard time financially. They were…

— Ilaiyaraaja

If you look at somebody like Bach, he didn't need collaborators to write for keyboards, cello, violin or anything else. I feel the same…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

It's so interesting, you know, whenever you read the accounts of composers playing their own music, that they had very different priorities than performers.…

— Helene Grimaud