Composer Quote by Leonard Bernstein

Some composers end up writing for the guitar as they would write piano music or, more often, harp music. It isn't the same.

— Julian Bream

The way I look at it, I'm a songwriter that just happens to play guitar.

— Rick Nielsen

A composer like me finds it impossible to work with today's producers. They want to tell you exactly how to compose, which notes to…

— Rajesh Roshan

Whether it's string writing or whatever, I try to write for what each instrumentalist can do best.

— Chuck Mangione

I was like a well trained pianist who knows which note to hit, but can't make the music his own.

— David Benioff

No one has any respect for someone who can play a million notes per minute but can't put together a decent tune that someone…

— Johnny Marr

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.

— Gustav Mahler

Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.

— Thomas Beecham

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

— Ludwig Goransson

Musicians have to do what they do and express it musically. All the blah blah blah will get lost in the dialogue.

— Carlos Alomar

I wouldn't consider myself a songwriter at all. Maybe I piece together a certain little thing here and there, but songwriters are people who…

— Frank Fairfield

Composers combine notes, that's all.

— Igor Stravinsky