Cafe Quote by Krzysztof Penderecki

I studied arranging and orchestration a number of years ago, so I have a home studio and arrange about three-fourths of my songs on…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

Anyone who writes knows that ultimately the majority of your time is spent alone in a room with a piano or a guitar, no…

— Trey Anastasio

I compose, produce, arrange - I don't just perform. I'm playing keyboards, playing bass, doing everything.

— Rosalia

I was composing before I realised I was a composer. It came more or less naturally. There were a couple of old ladies lived…

— Richard Meale

I run around so much that I finally reasoned that composing is the one musical endeavour which you can do anywhere, anytime.

— Andre Previn

I write on all instruments.

— Billy Sherwood

I play as many different things - piano, sax and harp parts - as I can at once. Whatever I can fit, whenever I…

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

As a young pianist in Hollywood, I began orchestrating for others, and I just felt really comfortable doing that.

— John Williams

I'm a guitarist by background. That's what I used to do for sessions when I was younger and that sort of thing. We have…

— Steven Price

I write arrangements. I'm sort of a wannabe composer.

— Joshua Bell

All of your experience comes into play when you're composing.

— Terry Bozzio

I'm composing and writing music.

— Anthony Hopkins