Able Quote by Slavoj Žižek

Tchaikovsky was one of the great melody writers of all time.

— James Newton Howard

I listed to Tchaikovsky. He is both kitsch and profound. I love that lack of "Good taste."

— Cy Twombly

Writing beautiful melodies is not fashionable because it is very difficult to do.

— Gian Carlo Menotti

“It was Haydn and Mozart who really cracked the sonata, but it was Beethoven who reinvented it, just as he reinvented the symphony. Bach…

— Rachel Joyce

What is so beautiful about a composer and a lyricist is that their job is to push a story along and not halt it.

— Keala Settle

I am a composer first and foremost, and have always believed that being able to write memorable melodies is what sets musicians apart.

— Bradley Joseph

Composers now just don't have the depth of inspiration for melody. Most of the lyrics of the pop songs you hear today are repetitious.…

— Rudy Vallee

Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and…

— Martin Luther

“Music requires a particular type of education which is simply not given to most people. And, as a result, it’s set further apart. It…

— Edward W. Said

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

— Harold Prince

Undoubtedly [Beethoven's] music often verges on kitsch

— Slavoj Žižek

“If we are exhorted to play simple melodies with beauty rather than difficult ones with error, the same should be applied to writing; simple…

— Sonia Rumzi