Famous quotes by Composers

Small: By reason of weird translation, many such sets of instructions read like poems anyhow
"By reason of weird translation, many such sets of instructions read like poems anyhow"
Brian Ferneyhough, Composer
Small: Ive given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself
"I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself"
Oscar Levant, Composer
Small: We had literary references, so we knew what we were talking about. We could quote things, talk about books wed
"We had literary references, so we knew what we were talking about. We could quote things, talk about books we'd read; you can say something, you don't have to explain it"
Kevin Ayers, Composer
Small: Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel
"Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel"
Oscar Levant, Composer
Small: The music we made then was so amateurish, compared to the rest of mainstream pop or rock and roll. But what di
"The music we made then was so amateurish, compared to the rest of mainstream pop or rock and roll. But what differentiated us from what everybody else was doing in the business was the fact that you could tell that these people came from different reference areas"
Kevin Ayers, Composer
Small: Wherever the fish are, thats where we go
Richard Wagner
"Wherever the fish are, that's where we go"
Richard Wagner, Composer
Small: One of the things I particularly enjoyed doing was taking raw sound from locations during the film, like the c
"One of the things I particularly enjoyed doing was taking raw sound from locations during the film, like the candy machine, and writing pieces of music to go with them, which is totally unnecessary within the context of the film, because they have their own logic"
Fred Frith, Composer
Small: Well, rather than to give you my impression on Los Angeles, per se, my older sisters husband is and American,
Nobuo Uematsu
"Well, rather than to give you my impression on Los Angeles, per se, my older sister's husband is and American, therefore I have a pretty good idea of the, perhaps the characteristics of Americans in general"
Nobuo Uematsu, Composer
Small: I wish I could score everything for horns
Richard Wagner
"I wish I could score everything for horns"
Richard Wagner, Composer
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
Small: Improvised music involves a lot of intuition and I like developing intuition
"Improvised music involves a lot of intuition and I like developing intuition"
Fred Frith, Composer
Small: Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier
"Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Small: I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding
"I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Small: I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living
Alan Hovhaness
"I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living"
Alan Hovhaness, Composer
Small: I found a greater identity with my own emotions in the Armenian culture as I grew older, as well as from the b
Alan Hovhaness
"I found a greater identity with my own emotions in the Armenian culture as I grew older, as well as from the beginning, although I didn't know anything about it"
Alan Hovhaness, Composer
Small: One of the aspects of form that I have been very interested in is stasis - the concept of form which is not so
"One of the aspects of form that I have been very interested in is stasis - the concept of form which is not so directional in time, not so much climactic form, but rather form which allows time, to stand still"
La Monte Young, Composer
Small: I no longer limit myself
"I no longer limit myself"
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Composer
Small: An artists sphere of influence is the world
"An artist's sphere of influence is the world"
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer
Small: Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite
"Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads"
Fritz Kreisler, Composer
Small: I think everything should happen at halfway to dawn. Thats when all the heads of government should meet. I thi
"I think everything should happen at halfway to dawn. That's when all the heads of government should meet. I think everybody would fall in love"
Billy Strayhorn, Composer
Small: My favorite work is The Full Monty because I got an Oscar for it. But it was really hard work at the time.
"My favorite work is The Full Monty because I got an Oscar for it. But it was really hard work at the time. Sometimes comedy is not a bundle of laughs to actually do"
Anne Dudley, Composer
Small: The room where I am lodging is stupendous. Thank God I am as fit as a fiddle
"The room where I am lodging is stupendous. Thank God I am as fit as a fiddle"
Pietro Mascagni, Composer
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
Small: What came to me as a revelation was the use of rhythm in developing an overall structure in music
"What came to me as a revelation was the use of rhythm in developing an overall structure in music"
Philip Glass, Composer
Small: Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils
Hector Berlioz
"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils"
Hector Berlioz, Composer
Small: Well we really meant you to visit Paris in May, but the rhythm required two syllables
"Well we really meant you to visit Paris in May, but the rhythm required two syllables"
Vernon Duke, Composer
Small: A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one
"A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one"
Dimitri Shostakovich, Composer
Small: I dont like recording studios - except my own, which is just a little room above the garage
"I don't like recording studios - except my own, which is just a little room above the garage"
Keith Jarrett, Composer
Small: Its ridiculous that time and time again we need a radioactive cloud coming out of a nuclear power-station to r
"It's ridiculous that time and time again we need a radioactive cloud coming out of a nuclear power-station to remind us that atomic energy is extraordinarily dangerous"
Pierre Schaeffer, Composer
Small: In my piano concerto I developed this polyphony to much higher complexity
"In my piano concerto I developed this polyphony to much higher complexity"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer