Composers Quotes

Whether one calls oneself conservative or revolutionary, whether one composers in a conventional or progressive manner, whether one tries to imitate old styles or is destined to express new ideas - one must be convinced of the infallibility of one's own fantasy and one must believe in one's own inspiration. - Arnold Schoenberg

When you have great songs that are going to live longer than the composers, everything you can do to bring those different elements and nuances out, serve the song. - Michael Bolton

When the Domaine Musical started up, I wasn't part of it. They were the major players in contemporary music at that time, braodcasting old and new composers' work. And I wasn't one of them. - Luc Ferrari

When I began, the guitar was en-closed in a vicious circle. There were no composers writing for the guitar, be-cause there were no virtuoso guitarists. - Andres Segovia

When composers say that music is a temporal art, I think that's true, but what is most fun in music is when you know that there are connections that are non-temporal. You can compare them with the unfolding of the piece again - you can compare the drama of the unfolding with the relationships that you remember. - Robert Morris

What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with composers. I think that has driven everything I've done. - Robert Moog

Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers. - John Eaton

Well, American composers are the best composers. At this time in the world, we are where the energy is. We are the most diverse, the most iconoclastic, the most maverick, and the most skillful. - David Del Tredici

We teach young kids from 8 to 14 or 15 about their musical heritage through great songs written by American songwriters. We don't do too many modern composers, although we include songs from Billy Joel and other writers like him. - Margaret Whiting

We still get messages from them. This is really good music, even if people don't know the names of the composers. It's opening the music to the world. - Elena Dubinets