Composer Quote by Richard Meale

I was composing before I realised I was a composer. I mean it came more or less naturally.

— Richard Meale

I always hankered to be a composer - I was mad about music, though I never studied seriously, and can't read a note. But…

— Conrad Aiken

When I was younger, I always wanted to be either a pianist or a classical singer, and when I discovered songwriting, it was like…

— Alice Merton

It never occurred to me that there was anything odd about writing my own music, and so I used to just jot down little…

— Richard Meale

I was 7 years old when I began composing. I began composing, improvising at the piano, the usual story.

— Samuel Barber

I started writing music as a composer in school, in the classical tradition.

— Julia Holter

From an early age I've written songs and played the piano.

— Ella Henderson

I used to play the piano, I was pretty decent, so that was the only thing I could hold onto in terms of coming…

— Lunice

I always wanted to be a spontaneous composer.

— Charles Mingus

I was in the army, and I had given up the thought of being a composer.

— Mitch Leigh

By the time I was six or seven-years-old, I had learned several techniques of how to use my voice and was able to choose…

— Wendy Starland

However, I began composing as soon as I started taking piano lessons.

— Gyorgy Ligeti