Composition Quote by Stephen Nachmanovitch

A piece of music is an experience to be taken by itself.

— Anonymous

I think of a piece of music as something that comes alive when it is being performed, and I feel that my role in…

— Yo-Yo Ma

Music is about the performance.

— Vanessa Mae

Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and…

— Alban Berg

Music contains a whole gamut of experience, from sensuous elements to ultimate intellectual harmonies.

— George Santayana

I must say Ive always composed music from the point of view of the performers.

— Walter Piston

Earlier in my life, I performed a lot of music. Some of it because I felt it was a demonstration, or a representation of…

— Michael Tilson Thomas

I must say I've always composed music from the point of view of the performers.

— Walter Piston

I think that music, being an expression of the human heart, or of the human being itself, does express just what is happening -…

— John Coltrane

Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge.

— Alban Berg

When you write music that you are very passionate about, being able to bring the visual aspect of it alive with the music is…

— Maria Brink

Music inspires contemplation, dreams, and the imagination.

— Varg Vikernes