Clear Quote by John Corigliano

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 will gladly give lessons as a favor, particularly when I see that my student has talent, inclination, and anxiety to learn; but to…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Imagine Eminem writing a play with complex raps and syllables, and melodies flowing in and out. That's what it was like for me listening…

— Ryan Montgomery

I don't think they understand it's as important as math and science. It rounds you out as a person. I think it gives you…

— Marvin Hamlisch

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

The difference between the student and the born composer is he really hears the thing, and they have to stage it and manipulate it…

— Leo Ornstein

You've got to be an editor in order to be a good composer.

— Henry Mancini

It is important for the musician to learn as much about the composer as possible and to study the music he has written. Then,…

— Vladimir Horowitz

“You should all know how to read music. It's as basic to understanding the composer's reaction as knowing how to read words on a…

— Jennifer Laurens

I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.

— Richard Strauss

...I think there's only one [thing] that anybody teaches, and this is character. And I think that whether you are teaching history, math, or…

— Rich Mullins

I go into the whole composer thing quite open to keep on going and keep on trying different things because you never know... the…

— Steven Price