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I tend to listen to the classical composers: Rachmaninov, Satie.
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Jascha Heifetz
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Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary.
Anton Rubinstein
Me
Think
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Reactionary
Call
Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
Pablo Casals
Thieves
Everyone
Everywhere
Composers
Also
Greatest
Were
Forget
Stole
Us
Let Us
I think that what's been holding composers back a great deal is that they feel they must have a new style every year. This, in my case, would be hopeless. In fact, it is said that I have no style at all, but that doesn't matter. I just go on doing, as they say, my thing. I believe this takes a certain courage.
Samuel Barber
Great
Courage
Matter
Great Deal
Hopeless
Style
Year
Holding
Believe
Every
Think
Back
Say
Must
Would
Would-Be
Composers
Case
Fact
Takes
Feel
New
Deal
Said
Doing
Go
Been
Just
In Fact
Certain
They Say
Thing
Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.
Thomas Beecham
Composers
Write
Boy
Errand
Tunes
Whistle
Should
I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him.
Warren Zevon
Great
Saw
Composers
Classical
Classical Composers
He
Him
How
Were
Loved
Mean
Really
Hendrix
I grew up on Bach and Beethoven, and now I'm listening to more modern composers who I can't even name. But since I'm constantly doing music, it's difficult to have that quality time to listen to music and do classical stuff.
A. R. Rahman
Music
Time
Quality
Listening
Difficult
Bach
Constantly
Composers
Classical
More
Stuff
Since
Name
Quality Time
Doing
Beethoven
Up
Modern
Listen
Grew
Who
Even
Now
The more dollars the studio producers put in, the less freedom we have. If the budget hits $100m, they get scared - they'll take the existing score of a successful movie and expect composers to copy it, like wallpaper. The biggest challenge for any composer in Hollywood is to be as creative as possible within those boundaries.
A. R. Rahman
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Challenge
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More
Take
Studio
Put
Boundaries
Budget
Like
Within
Dollars
Score
Existing
Expect
Get
Hits
Wallpaper
Any
Movie
Biggest
Biggest Challenge
Hollywood
Successful
Producers
Less
Copy
I want young Indian composers to be able to do more than just film music. I want to give them the skills that will enable them to create their own palette of sounds instead of having to write formulaic music. It doesn't matter if they become sound engineers, producers, composers or performers - I want them to be as imaginative as they like.
A. R. Rahman
Music
Matter
Will
Become
Own
Young
Indian
Able
Composers
Give
Having
More
Write
Instead
Performers
Like
Enable
Sound
Sounds
Than
Just
Want
Them
Create
Producers
Skills
Engineers
Film
Film Music
Palette
Imaginative
As a kid, I loved classical music. Composers like Beethoven were like rock stars to me. Then there were the real rock stars: The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and Bob Dylan.
Alan Menken
Music
Me
Beatles
Stars
Kid
Composers
Classical
Classical Music
Like
Rock
Real
Rock Stars
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Beethoven
Rolling
Stones
Rolling Stones
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Dylan
Bob
Bob Dylan
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