Quotes of: Classical-composers Keyword

It's no longer unusual for real avant-garde composers to have been in a band, and for bands to be interested in a wide range of music. Look at how artists like Aphex Twin are influenced by Nancarrow and Stockhausen.

Jonny Greenwood

I used to look at composing music as problem solving. But as I get older, it's not about problem solving anymore. There are no solutions, because there are no problems. You just turn the tap and it flows out.

John Zorn

What is music about? You can't listen to one era, one composer, and know what music is about.

Twyla Tharp

Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.

Walter Lippmann

Very rarely do you have a perfect race, and it's about overcoming your mistakes in the race and remaining composed.

Allen Johnson

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping.

Benjamin Britten

I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned.

Toru Takemitsu

I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself.

Venerable Bede

Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.

Walter Kerr

A large part of my work has been collaborating with composers; I think we've commissioned about 140 pieces now, a lot of them percussion concertos.

Evelyn Glennie

Fighting physically signifies spiritual weakness.

Classic Quotations From The Otherworlds

Buy laughter with tears, and you'll be rich forever.

Classic Quotations From The Otherworlds

A classic is read not to enjoy but only to be boast about it.

Rainbow - the shades of love

I had classic technique - one of the best techniques when I was like 10, 12, but then I changed.

Alexandr Dolgopolov

Classics can be phenomenal when done right. A simple roast chicken dish could be the best thing you ever eat.

Joe Bastianich

I'm sure if Shakespeare were alive today, he'd be doing classic guitar solos on YouTube.

Peter Capaldi

Classics are constantly being re-imagined and transformed, and the originals are none the worse for it; they endure.

Robert Gottlieb

I was a classic attention deficit disorder kid, always bored and mouthing off at school.

Stephen Rodrick

I play the piano and have been playing since I was 7, mainly classical Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart.

Kiana Tom

You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.

Michael Gambon

In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like.

Richard Rogers