Composing demands a degree of isolation.
Forever is composed of nows.
Mozart composed his music not for the elite, but for everybody.
I wrote this piece because my mailbox was full of bills, junk mail, and lettuce, but not a single letter from Andre Breton. So I decided I’d write to him (though I did eat my first two drafts).
A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
I don't really call myself a composer.
The way to compose for me is to have lots of time.
The modern composer builds upon the foundation of truth.
I was in the band as a boy and was taught music and learned to compose.
Bernard Herrmann was a genius, a great, great composer.
Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.
Sincere composers believe in God.
Life is composed of different inventions.
I consider everything I compose a gift.
I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.
The present day composer refuses to die.
I have tremendous respect for film composers.
To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole.
My best film composing experience was with Elia Kazan.
This book, conceived in sorrow, composed in grief, and constructed at the brink of despair, contains my mind's best thoughts, and my soul's triumph over the powers of darkness.
I always begin to compose the melody first.
