Aim Quote by Peter Maxwell Davies

I'm not really a professional composer; I just compose now and then when someone asks me to.

— Stephen Hough

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

My audience has developed so that they come to listen and are quiet, Thus I can work in a limited volume range and explore…

— Kenny Burrell

I think no composer knows he's creating a hit until the audience gives it a nod.

— Amaal Mallik

With music you spend so much time standing on stage in front of an audience you get a false sense of your own importance.…

— Ben Howard

It's fine with me if people want to applaud between movements of a concerto. It doesn't bother me - it's part of performance experience.

— Hilary Hahn

When you put the musical in front of an audience, you get to see how the audience reacts.

— Jennifer Damiano

Composers aren't daring enough. They're afraid of that sacred idol called 'common sense', which is the most dreadful thing I know - after all,…

— Claude Debussy

When you think about a composer you know like Wagner or Pier Boulez or something like that most of the issues a composer is…

— DJ Spooky

The best results come when people believe in and feel strongly about the music they are playing. Just as composers write for certain types…

— Michael Hersch

I suppose it would be really alarming to an artist to play in a concert and see everybody just watching.

— John Hughes

It's a myth that you need to understand all the ins and outs of music. The ideal scenario is you have a conceptual, directorial…

— Henry Jackman