Composing Quote by Lennie Tristano

I always tend to think that composing is not playing an instrument, composing is having something in your head that's steaming and it has…

— Alexandre Desplat

Composing gives me great pleasure... there is nothing that surpasses the joy of creation, if only because through it one wins hours of self-forgetfulness,…

— Clara Schumann

Composing is sort of an intuitive act. You have to put yourself in the right frame of mind.

— Howard Shore

I follow a simple formula when I compose. I ask myself, 'What would the audience want to hear?' and 'Why would they buy my…

— A. R. Rahman

The composer does not sit around and wait for an inspiration to walk up and introduce itself…Making music is actually little else than a…

— George Gershwin

It is always the same with me; only when I experience something do I compose, and only when composing do I experience! After all,…

— Gustav Mahler

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

— John Cage

Composing music is hard work.

— John Williams

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

It sounds simple, of course, but personally I can think of no more mentally arduous task than making music.

— George Gershwin

While the concert is instant communication with the audience, composing is a creative process where a song comes up out of nowhere and then…

— Shankar Mahadevan

Composing is like making love to the future.

— Lukas Foss