Actually Quote by Yann Tiersen

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

— Stephen Hough

It is always the same with me; only when I experience something do I compose, and only when composing do I experience! After all,…

— Gustav Mahler

I don't think that because l'm a composer I only have to compose music.

— Joe Hisaishi

Being honest and spontaneous is important when making music. But I'm also really logical when I compose.

— Stromae

I like to compose, but only for myself. I write my own lyrics and compose the music around them.

— Arijit Singh

I compose, produce, arrange - I don't just perform. I'm playing keyboards, playing bass, doing everything.

— Rosalia

I always tend to think that composing is not playing an instrument, composing is having something in your head that's steaming and it has…

— Alexandre Desplat

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

— Richard Meale

Even though, theoretically, being a composer and being a songwriter are the same thing, in my brain, they are completely different. When I am…

— Michael Bacon

I'm a living composer, so I think I just write and compose the music of my time. I'm not saying that I am better…

— Ludovico Einaudi

When you compose, it's like writing. You're like a writer. You just think all the time.

— Alexandre Desplat

I don't really call myself a composer.

— Caroline Shaw