Always Quote by Lee Ritenour

If you want to make [your own way in music] it as a player, which is very difficult, as Art Blakey said to me,…

— Jon Gordon

It's great to compose music just for my own enjoyment, but that I have been able to make a lot of new friends, have…

— Natalia Lafourcade

I really enjoy playing solo acoustic. I think it's good for me as a songwriter to stay in touch with what it takes to…

— Jeff Tweedy

Try to own the songs you write because you could get lucky, but you are ultimately going to have to perform your own sounds.

— John Popper

Every now and then, as a composer and producer, it's important to write music for yourself.

— Ludwig Goransson

My music is very versatile, very mixed.

— Nneka

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

— Stephen Hough

When I played my own songs, I had to do everything myself to get it the right way, but now I think it's interesting…

— Gustav Ejstes

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

— Andre Previn

Knowing how other people wrote music is a great tool, which can be applied into your own musical mindset.

— Max Cavalera

I write songs, and there is a definite need to express myself through my music.

— Aditya Roy Kapur

Always try and play with as many people as possible, even if it's not your style of music, because you will learn a lot.

— Joey Jordison