Idea Quote by Les Dawson

I went to a music academy in Los Angeles, and some friends started playing me Ravel and Prokofiev, who I liked, but what really…

— Kamasi Washington

In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.

— Anonymous

“The lullaby had the kind of tune everyone thinks they've heard before but can't remember where. A tune like that floats in the air…

— Kathleen Winter

My mom is a never-ending song in my heart of comfort, happiness and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember…

— Graycie Harmon

Look, there's nothing wrong with people being happy, but there's more to life than turning on and screwing to Ravel's Bolero.

— Blake Edwards

I don't know what will become of this piece. Our brave critics will no doubt charge me with imitating Ravel's Bolero. Too bad -…

— Dmitri Shostakovich

How do our lives ravel out into the no-wind, no-sound, the weary gestures wearily recapitulant: echoes of old compulsions with no-hand on no-string: in…

— William Faulkner

And, you know, I think the original recording of Ravel's Bolero, probably whoever played percussion on that, will never have It played better than…

— Buddy Rich

To George Gershwin, on refusinghim as a pupil: You would only lose the spontaneous quality of your melody, and end by writing bad Ravel.

— Maurice Ravel

Composers are influenced by all the important music in their lives - and I suppose that since radio started playing popular music, that's as…

— Jonny Greenwood

Whenever I ravel I seek the benefits of this great profession of chiropractic

— Doc Severinsen

My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel.

— Madeleine Peyroux