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Composer Quotes

I was in the army, and I had given up the thought of being a composer Picture Quote #1

Then the bow orchestra began to play an apocalyptically beautiful canon, one of those pieces in which, surely, the composer simply transcribed what was given, and trembled in awe of the hand that was guiding him Picture Quote #1

I sometimes think that the most plaintive ditty has brought a fuller joy and of longer duration to its composer than the conquest of Persia to the Macedonian Picture Quote #1

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music Picture Quote #1

I think there's a time as a writer when you want to see the best things in life, and you go out wherever you go with your dreams as a writer or a composer Picture Quote #1

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the non-musician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me Picture Quote #1

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Perhaps all music, even the newest, is not so much something discovered as something that re-emerges from where it lay buried in the memory, inaudible as a melody cut in a disc of flesh. A composer lets me hear a song that has always been shut up silent Picture Quote #1

You have to face the fact that I have no reputation as a composer; I have my reputation as a songwriter and a performer - and that opportunity came this summer, when I was invited to perform at the Lincoln Centre festival in New York... Three nights Picture Quote #1

My husband is a composer, so he plays piano all the time and I sit there and clap telling my unborn child, 'Hear me clap, hear the music.' I know music, in general, is supposed to be good for babies to hear Picture Quote #1

The opportunities of man are limited only by his imagination. But so few have imagination that there are ten thousand fiddlers to one composer Picture Quote #1

A great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have we to show for it? Picture Quote #1

Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission Picture Quote #1

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I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge Picture Quote #1

Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out Picture Quote #1

I am not so complicated or intelligent a composer, nor am I very interested in becoming so. I am much more happy doing what I know I can do than what I am not sure I could do Picture Quote #1

It doesn’t necessarily mean at all that the composer plays his own works best Picture Quote #1

The difference between the student and the born composer is he really hears the thing, and they have to stage it and manipulate it by technical equipment Picture Quote #1

I dare suggest that the composer would do himself and his music an immediate and eventual service by total, resolute and voluntary withdrawal from this public world to one of private performance and electronic media Picture Quote #1

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Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down Picture Quote #1

I’m not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer Picture Quote #1

The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names Picture Quote #1

It’s understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak Picture Quote #1

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping Picture Quote #1

I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put my name to as a composer Picture Quote #1

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I think it’s good for the composer to teach because you always have new students and you have to begin at the beginning and make things clear Picture Quote #1

If you aim at anything lower that is expecting your audience to be really alert and aware, then you’re going to be caught out sooner or later as a composer Picture Quote #1

Why should the composer be more guilty than the poet who warms to fantasy by a strange flame, making an idea that inspires him the subject of his own very different treatment? Picture Quote #1

At the same time, one of the things I noticed was that the moment there was any kind of audio attached to virtual reality, it really improved the experience, even though the audio didn’t feel like a sound engineer or composer had been anywhere near it Picture Quote #1

I’m trying to interpret the film through the director’s head, but it all comes out through me. So, a composer is kind of like a psychic medium Picture Quote #1

So, it becomes an exercise in futility if you write something that does not express the film as the director wishes. It’s still their ball game. It’s their show. I think any successful composer learns how to dance around the director’s impulses Picture Quote #1

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I was in the army, and I had given up the thought of being a composer (Composer Quotes) Then the bow orchestra began to play an apocalyptically beautiful canon, one of those pieces in which, surely, the composer simply transcribed what was given, and trembled in awe of the hand that was guiding him (Composer Quotes) I sometimes think that the most plaintive ditty has brought a fuller joy and of longer duration to its composer than the conquest of Persia to the Macedonian (Composer Quotes) If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music (Composer Quotes) I think there's a time as a writer when you want to see the best things in life, and you go out wherever you go with your dreams as a writer or a composer (Composer Quotes) When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the non-musician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me (Composer Quotes) Perhaps all music, even the newest, is not so much something discovered as something that re-emerges from where it lay buried in the memory, inaudible as a melody cut in a disc of flesh. A composer lets me hear a song that has always been shut up silent (Composer Quotes) You have to face the fact that I have no reputation as a composer; I have my reputation as a songwriter and a performer - and that opportunity came this summer, when I was invited to perform at the Lincoln Centre festival in New York... Three nights (Composer Quotes) My husband is a composer, so he plays piano all the time and I sit there and clap telling my unborn child, 'Hear me clap, hear the music.' I know music, in general, is supposed to be good for babies to hear (Composer Quotes) The opportunities of man are limited only by his imagination. But so few have imagination that there are ten thousand fiddlers to one composer (Composer Quotes) A great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have we to show for it? (Composer Quotes) Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission (Composer Quotes) I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge (Composer Quotes) Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out (Composer Quotes) I am not so complicated or intelligent a composer, nor am I very interested in becoming so. I am much more happy doing what I know I can do than what I am not sure I could do (Composer Quotes) It doesn’t necessarily mean at all that the composer plays his own works best (Composer Quotes) The difference between the student and the born composer is he really hears the thing, and they have to stage it and manipulate it by technical equipment (Composer Quotes) I dare suggest that the composer would do himself and his music an immediate and eventual service by total, resolute and voluntary withdrawal from this public world to one of private performance and electronic media (Composer Quotes) Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down (Composer Quotes) I’m not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer (Composer Quotes) The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names (Composer Quotes) It’s understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak (Composer Quotes) The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping (Composer Quotes) I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put my name to as a composer (Composer Quotes) I think it’s good for the composer to teach because you always have new students and you have to begin at the beginning and make things clear (Composer Quotes) If you aim at anything lower that is expecting your audience to be really alert and aware, then you’re going to be caught out sooner or later as a composer (Composer Quotes) Why should the composer be more guilty than the poet who warms to fantasy by a strange flame, making an idea that inspires him the subject of his own very different treatment? (Composer Quotes) At the same time, one of the things I noticed was that the moment there was any kind of audio attached to virtual reality, it really improved the experience, even though the audio didn’t feel like a sound engineer or composer had been anywhere near it (Composer Quotes) I’m trying to interpret the film through the director’s head, but it all comes out through me. So, a composer is kind of like a psychic medium (Composer Quotes) So, it becomes an exercise in futility if you write something that does not express the film as the director wishes. It’s still their ball game. It’s their show. I think any successful composer learns how to dance around the director’s impulses (Composer Quotes)

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