Quotes Tagged "composers"

Whenever i find myself losing faith in humanity, i come back to the classical music. They are a great reminder that we are also able to produce beautiful things made out of strong and barely controllable emotions.

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

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

The Western musical canon came about not merely by accumulation, but by opposition and subversion, both to the ruling powers on whom composers depended for their livelihoods and to other musics.

I admire Turgenev, Camus, Proust and Shakespeare, but I've also learnt a lot about writing from composers and artists.

I have tremendous respect for film composers.