Formal Quote by Karlheinz Stockhausen

When composing music, I just start spilling things out and then wait until they take form, you know what I mean, until I see…

— J. Cole

The best way to express rhythm is music.

— John Hartford

The material of music is sound and silence. Integrating these is composing.

— John Cage

I'm a synthesist. I'm always making music. And I make a lot of different kinds of music all the time. Some of it gets…

— Bruce Springsteen

Music is an intrinsic part of life; therefore, it is important to transport different forms of artistic expression, science, and mathematics into compositions.

— Ludovico Einaudi

When I write, I write everything from a rhythm point.

— Phil Rudd

I equate composing with orchestrating. I think my music in terms of an orchestra.

— Henry Mancini

In writing music, the structure of each piece is a very important factor.

— Leo Ornstein

I have always had a certain rhythmic approach to my work.

— Paul Hirsch

When I am composing, the sounds are leading me to the way I want them to organize.

— Pauline Oliveros

I always look for a "rhythm" in my writing. A cadence to the sentences. Sometimes I think of pieces I write in a song…

— Mitch Albom

When you write, it's making a certain kind of music in your head. There's a rhythm to it, a pulse, and on the whole,…

— Tom Stoppard