Composing Quote by Maurice Ravel

Why become a second-rate Ravel when you're already a first-rate Gershwin?

— Maurice Ravel

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

Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing.

— Joni Mitchell

I wanted to honor [George Gershwin]. He's a great American songwriter.

— Kristin Chenoweth

He's a world-famous name to people who care about his music, but there are many people who have never heard of George Gershwin and…

— Michael Feinstein

I don't want to work on a musical if I'm not the lyricist.

— David Lindsay-Abaire

I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.

— Richard Strauss

I don't think that because l'm a composer I only have to compose music.

— Joe Hisaishi

I dont want to work on a musical if Im not the lyricist.

— David Lindsay-Abaire

You can rave about Stravinsky without the slightest risk of being classified as a lunatic by the next generation .

— George Bernard Shaw

You could be the best lyricist or rapper or songwriter, if you ain't mentally prepared to put in the work, it's a waste of…

— Yo Gotti

I wouldn't consider myself a lyricist.

— Ice Spice