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Famous quotes by Composers

From the timeless masters of the past to the modern pioneers, authors have actually long provided inspiration and creative thinking. Their words of wisdom have actually been given with the ages, providing insight right into the imaginative procedure and also the power of music. Below are a few of the most motivating quotes from authors, using a glimpse right into their minds and also the music they created.
Small: Never look at the trombones. Youll only encourage them
"Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them"
Richard Strauss, Composer
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Small: Its a blast to watch. Its a lot more interesting live than it is on record. I mean, it really is a theatrical
"It's a blast to watch. It's a lot more interesting live than it is on record. I mean, it really is a theatrical event. It's a sporting event! Cause you never know what's gonna happen"
John Zorn, Composer
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Small: For myself, I can only say that I am astonished and somewhat terrified at the results of this evenings experim
"For myself, I can only say that I am astonished and somewhat terrified at the results of this evening's experiments. Astonished at the wonderful power you have developed, and terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music may be put on record forever"
Arthur Sullivan, Composer
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Small: It was very difficult to startle or surprise someone with a particular sound during the family computer era
Nobuo Uematsu
"It was very difficult to startle or surprise someone with a particular sound during the family computer era"
Nobuo Uematsu, Composer
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Small: There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note
"There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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Small: Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel
"Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel"
Oscar Levant, Composer
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Small: The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play
"The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play"
Richard Strauss, Composer
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Small: An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs
Edgard Varese
"An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs"
Edgard Varese, Composer
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Small: I believe that there are many interesting projects that are potentially possible for me other than game music,
Nobuo Uematsu
"I believe that there are many interesting projects that are potentially possible for me other than game music, and therefore in my mind there are several things that are being contemplated"
Nobuo Uematsu, Composer
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Small: However now we can create a sound that can truly startle someone and in terms of sound effects I think the env
Nobuo Uematsu
"However now we can create a sound that can truly startle someone and in terms of sound effects I think the environment that we are in now has improved dramatically"
Nobuo Uematsu, Composer
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Small: The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the
Igor Stravinsky
"The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament"
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
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Small: A good composer does not imitate he steals
Igor Stravinsky
"A good composer does not imitate; he steals"
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
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Small: We are all part of a tradition, at least we depend on the past
Klaus Schulze
"We are all part of a tradition, at least we depend on the past"
Klaus Schulze, Composer
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Small: Its useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep
"It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep"
John Cage, Composer
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Small: A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn
"A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn"
Claude Debussy, Composer
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Small: I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results
"I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results"
Johannes Sebastian Bach, Composer
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Small: A nation creates music - the composer only arranges it
"A nation creates music - the composer only arranges it"
Mikhail Glinka, Composer
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Small: By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive
Bruno Walter
"By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision"
Bruno Walter, Composer
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Small: Music is organized sound
Edgard Varese
"Music is organized sound"
Edgard Varese, Composer
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Small: I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use sever
Edgard Varese
"I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range"
Edgard Varese, Composer
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Small: And its very strange, but I think there is something very common - not only in Celtic music - but there is a f
Nobuo Uematsu
"And it's very strange, but I think there is something very common - not only in Celtic music - but there is a factor or element in Celtic music that is similar in music that we find in Japan, the United States, Europe, and even China and other Asian countries"
Nobuo Uematsu, Composer
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Small: To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also
Igor Stravinsky
"To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also"
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
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Small: Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune
Igor Stravinsky
"Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune"
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
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Small: I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin
"I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin"
Oscar Levant, Composer
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Small: Recommend to your children virtue that alone can make them happy, not gold
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold"
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
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Small: We felt we had to know something of his back story. I dont think people in the cinema would just accept that h
"We felt we had to know something of his back story. I don't think people in the cinema would just accept that he's there. I think we had to learn how he (got there)"
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer
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Small: Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes
Ludwig van Beethoven
"Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes"
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
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Small: Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much mon
"Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on"
Stephen Sondheim, Composer
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Small: England is so defined, the class system, your education. I think what was unique about the Canterbury scene
"England is so defined, the class system, your education. I think what was unique about the Canterbury scene"
Kevin Ayers, Composer
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Small: Wagner is a composer who has beautiful moments but awful quarter hours
"Wagner is a composer who has beautiful moments but awful quarter hours"
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
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