Composers Quote by Simon Rattle

Composers are very individual creatures.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

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

— Harold Prince

The composer makes plans, music laughs.

— Morton Feldman

I would say, generally speaking, though it is not always the case, comedy is probably the least gratifying for most composers because it is…

— James Newton Howard

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

— Vicente Fernandez

Music for cartoons is sillier, funnier.

— James Newton Howard

If you look back, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven were mixing music and humor all the time.

— Richard Hyung-ki Joo

I sort of enjoy being able to hear what other composers are doing and how they might score something differently than me. I enjoy…

— Marco Beltrami

The ability to understand and deliver comedy and tragedy is extremely rare in one composer.

— Signe Baumane

Perhaps Bach and Beethoven are strange bedfellows for Mickey Mouse, but it's all been a lot of fun.

— Walt Disney

Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas.

— George Gershwin

I'm not an intellectual composer.

— Les Baxter