Quotes by Composers

Each record in the 'Book of Angels' series is meant to be unique in terms of the compositions. John Zorn

Book Record Angels Terms Meant Meant To Be Unique Series Each

I'm not striving for happiness, I'm trying to get some work done. And sometimes the best work is done under doubt. Constantly rethinking and re-evaluating what you're doing, working and working until it's finished. John Zorn

Happiness Work Best You Sometimes Finished Doubt Striving Constantly Best Work Some Until Doing Get Trying Done Working

'Rent' is about a community celebrating life in the face of death and AIDS at the turn of the century. Jonathan Larson

Life Death Face Community AIDS About Rent Celebrating Turn Century

Friendships that have stood the test of time and change are surely best. Joseph Parry

Time Best Change Surely Test Friendships Stood

If I were to agree to write the music for your beautiful poem, it would tie your poem up for some years as I have agreements and obligations which I must respect. Jules Massenet

Beautiful Music Respect Obligations Must Would Some Poem Write Tie Were Years Up Which Your Agree Agreements

Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow. Karl Amadeus Hartmann

Stream Misery Sorrow Unending

I spent most of the year in the studio for electronic music at a radio station in Cologne or in other studios where I produced new works with all kinds of electronic apparatus. Karlheinz Stockhausen

Music Year Other Spent Station Kinds Cologne Studio Studios New Most Where Produced Apparatus Radio Electronic Radio Station Electronic Music Works

Repetition is based on body rhythms, so we identify with the heartbeat, or with walking, or with breathing. Karlheinz Stockhausen

Identify Repetition Heartbeat Walking Rhythms Breathing Body Based

And the invention of transformations of certain figures has become the most important in musical composition. Karlheinz Stockhausen

Invention Important Become Musical Composition Most The Most Important Transformations Certain Figures

And I'll never forget the first time I took the possibility to project sound every day for six or seven hours with special devices which were built for me. Karlheinz Stockhausen

I have composed several pieces which are performed outdoors, not only in the auditoria. Karlheinz Stockhausen

Several Outdoors Composed Only Performed Pieces Which

One experiments and has to choose always the best results. Karlheinz Stockhausen

Best Results Always Experiments Choose

I no longer limit myself. Karlheinz Stockhausen

Myself Longer Limit

But I'm an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery. Karlheinz Stockhausen

Invention Adventurer Like Discovery

It is true that the eyes dominate the ears in our time. Karlheinz Stockhausen

Time Eyes Our Ears Our Time True Dominate

Your own music comes out of your head and emotions, but it's not etched in your system. Keith Jarrett

Music Emotions Own System Out Head Your

Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple. Keith Jarrett

You Simple Gone Jazz Happens Present

I cannot say what I think is right about music. I only know the rightness of it. Keith Jarrett

Music Think Say About Only Know Cannot Right

If you already have a piece of music ingrained in your body, why would you not play it? Keith Jarrett

Music You Would Piece Ingrained Body Your Your Body Why Play

We really never know what we're gonna play when we get on stage. Keith Jarrett

Stage Never Know Get Gonna Really Play

Once we're inside a tune, we can do anything with it. Keith Jarrett

Once Inside Anything Tune

I grew up with the piano. I learned its language as I learned to speak. Keith Jarrett

Speak Language Piano Learned Up Grew

I am a romantic, I admit it. Keith Jarrett

Admit Am Romantic