Quotes by Composer The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes. Gustav Mahler complexes composer used I think a composer is always interested in his last work. Gyorgy Ligeti composer lasts thinking The three greatest composers are Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. All the others are cretins. Hans von Bulow brahms composer three There are wonderful composers and librettists out there. It's the lack of creative producers that is troubling. Harold Prince composer creative wonderful I'm not an architectural composer. Harrison Birtwistle composer Puccini - silver macaroni, exquisitely tangled. H. L. Mencken composer tangled silver In Hollywood, the rainbow hits the ground for composers. Hoagy Carmichael composer rainbow hollywood Composers combine notes, that's all. Igor Stravinsky composer notes Good composers don't borrow, they steal Igor Stravinsky composer stealing Gifted women musicians and composers rarely received their due. James Cook composer gifted musician Good music resembles something. It resembles the composer. Jean Cocteau composer When I got out of college I moved to Seattle because it was the nearest big city and still didn't know if I wanted to be a composer, conductor, singer, actor. I just got day jobs and auditioned and took what came and the theater doors were the ones opening the most. J.K. Simmons conductor composer college I'm glad I won it because when I grew up the Pulitzer was the award that every composer wanted and I was like that too. John Corigliano composer awards grew-up I have tremendous respect for film composers. John Corigliano film-composers composer film 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. John Corigliano composer students thinking Everything we do is music." (Classical Composer)(From: 4'33") John Cage classical-composers composer I listen only to Bach, Beethoven or Mozart. Life is too short to waste on other composers. John Edensor Littlewood composer life-is-too-short waste Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds. John Philip Sousa composer sound people I hadn’t realized that music could unlock things in you, could transport you to somewhere even the composer hadn’t predicted. It left an imprint in the air around you, as if you carried its remnants with you when you went. Jojo Moyes remnants composer air I write arrangements. Im sort of a wannabe composer. Joshua Bell wannabes composer writing «1234567»