Composers Quotes

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

Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.

I have tremendous respect for film composers.

Many, many composers have only found their way to a certain form, through familiarizing themselves with texts.

Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism.

Composers are always going back to the past.

I tend to listen to the classical composers: Rachmaninov, Satie.

Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.

I'm really drawn to West Coast composers and I think it has a little something to do with looking across the Pacific instead of looking across the Atlantic.

The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing.

You know creators, composers, need a palette for life, a color for life.

Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary.

Composers are not all good conductors.

Sincere composers believe in God.