Composers Quote by Maurice Ravel

I've always said there aren't great composers- there are great songs.

— Vicente Fernandez

To be a great composer requires immense experience... One acquires this by listening not only to other men's work, but above all to one's…

— Frederic Chopin

Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked.

— Judy Holliday

Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent…

— Carla Bley

I am a composer first and foremost, and have always believed that being able to write memorable melodies is what sets musicians apart.

— Bradley Joseph

Composers are very individual creatures.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

Not all, but too many of the best writers, composers, and artists of our time begin to be acclaimed only when they no longer…

— Clement Greenberg

People err who think my art comes easily to me. I assure you, dear friend, nobody has devoted so much time and thought to…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I think the reason composers aren't valued is because many act as servants rather than music directors. Instead of taking a stand based on…

— M. Jayachandran

There are wonderful composers and librettists out there. It's the lack of creative producers that is troubling.

— Harold Prince

I have to say I owe my career to the master composers of the Great American Songbook who have written such high-quality songs -…

— Tony Bennett

To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole.

— Gustav Mahler