Cab Quote by Morton Gould

I guess, for better or for worse, I am an American composer, and I've had a wonderful life being exactly that.

— Samuel Barber

It is a great feeling to be called an international composer in the true sense.

— Anu Malik

I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's…

— John Corigliano

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

No composer has yet caught this rhythm of America - it is too mighty for the ears of most.

— Isadora Duncan

Since the composer has said everything, if you discover everything, it will be enough and you will be a happy man. Don't try to…

— Kurt Masur

The problem with composers is that they are the most unrequired job in America.

— Gail Zappa

Good music resembles something. It resembles the composer.

— Jean Cocteau

To find a new British composer who is really good is rare.

— Tim Rice

The whole path of American music has been so much about the recognition of stylistic diversity, and the recognition of the importance of music…

— Michael Tilson Thomas

There's a thin line between interesting music and self-indulgence. We crossed it on the Passengers record.

— Larry Mullen, Jr

Composers and musicians have always starved and, as this is a sentimental country, we think the tradition should be continued.

— Thomas Beecham