Am Quote by Jubin Nautiyal

If I don't feel the music, I can't perform it.

— Alice Merton

I'm not a classically trained composer, and I can't sing very well.

— Boots Riley

Making music can sometimes make me a bit restless, so it's fun when I get to be expressive in another way.

— Bethany Cosentino

I have too much work as a composer to concentrate on singing.

— Himesh Reshammiya

I'm not really a professional composer; I just compose now and then when someone asks me to.

— Stephen Hough

When I write music it's hard for me to keep it going repetitively.

— Visionist

I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either.

— Agnes Obel

When I perform, I like to immerse myself in the music, and I just try to get off on the diversity of music.

— Krist Novoselic

All great composers of the past spent most of their time studying. Feeling alone won't do the job. A man also needs technique.

— George Gershwin

I always want to be somewhat uncomfortable. But at the same time I want to make music that you react to viscerally.

— Rostam Batmanglij

I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don't feel that way about anything else.

— Grimes

I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.

— Joanne Harris