Quotes by Composers

By the way, the point between rationality and what we would call the irrational is a very difficult point to establish. There's no specific line, as you know. Leo Ornstein
You Difficult Way Would Rationality Point Between Know Call Line Very Irrational Establish Specific
I'm really interested in writing a piece of music that will move you, that will really move you. That is really the only reason that I'm writing music. Leo Ornstein
Music You Writing Will Only Piece Move Interested Really Reason
There are some people, by the way, that associate a certain amount of visualization with the performance of music. Those are people that really are not centrally concerned only with music, the traditional things. Leo Ornstein
Music People Some People Way Those Visualization Some Only Performance Concerned Traditional Really Certain Amount Things Associate
Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors. Leonard Bernstein
Communication Words Synonymous Conductors Technique Two
I fell in love with the idea of writing songs when I was a child. I thought I was going to be a journalist at first, but I gradually fell in love with all these great writers like Irving Berlin and Cole Porter, who were at the peak of their powers then. Leslie Bricusse
Love Great Writing Thought Journalist First Cole Porter Berlin Writers Songs Idea Like Fell Powers Were Child Gradually Going Then Who Peak Porter
I think 'Scrooge' is the best of the Christmas stories. Every child warms to it because it's about one man's transformation. It's saying that it's never too late to change, and that's a good feeling to have at Christmas. Leslie Bricusse
Christmas Saying Best Good Man Change Too Late Never Too Late Feeling Transformation Every Think Too Late About Never Because Child Stories Good Feeling
I'm musical in the sense that I can write a song, but I realised when I was learning the piano as a child that there were people who played it so much better. Leslie Bricusse
Learning People Song Better Sense Musical Write Piano Were Child Realised Much Who Played
When I wake up, if I can't figure something out during the daytime and then wake up at 4 A.M., it's there immediately. I don't know if it's the subconscious mind working, but it just happens. Leslie Bricusse
Wake Up Mind Subconscious Immediately Out Something Daytime Know Subconscious Mind Wake Up Just Happens Then Working Figure
If you can't get a word at first, it's always waiting somewhere, and it's just a case of finding it. Leslie Bricusse
You Waiting Word Somewhere First Finding Case Always Get Just
When you live in a world of imagination, your imagination doesn't necessarily grow old with you. Leslie Bricusse
You World Old Live Imagination Your Grow Necessarily
I think we have to assume we have one life. Though, having said that, I did write a song called 'You Only Live Twice.' I'll settle for that. Leslie Bricusse
Life You Song Live Think Assume Settle Though Having Only Write Said Did Twice
I don't believe in giving in to old age. Leslie Bricusse
Age Old Giving Old Age Believe
Writing songs and lyrics is not that different from doing the 'Times' crossword every morning. They both give you a good mental workout. Leslie Bricusse
Good Morning You Writing Every Lyrics Mental Give Crossword Both Songs Doing Times Different Workout
My view is that the great songwriting happened between 1920 and 1960. We're all, in our different ways, descended from the great songwriters of that era. Leslie Bricusse
Great Our Ways Songwriters Songwriting Between Era Different Happened View Descended Different Ways
'Retirement' is a dirty word. Luckily, I can carry on working until I drop, provided I retain my mental abilities. Leslie Bricusse
Word Drop Carry Ability Mental Dirty Retain Retirement Until Provided Working Luckily
I never try to predict what will happen to any project, ever. There are so many factors. Does the public like the subject matter, the way you handle it? Leslie Bricusse
You Matter Try Will Predict Project Way Factors Never Like Does Subject Subject Matter Handle Any Happen Public Many Ever
It's much easier to write a song for a musical than just writing a song because, writing for a musical, you know what the story is about, so you know what the songs have got to say. Leslie Bricusse
You Song Writing Musical Say Easier About Write Songs Know Because Got Than Just Story Much
Three days in a city now and I'm quite flipped. There's too much noise. I just can't do with it. Lou Harrison
Noise Too Much Three Too City Days Quite Just Much Flipped Now
We get more dangerous as we accumulate knowledge, and that's both a sadness and something to control, try to learn to live with, make terms with. Lou Harrison
Knowledge Dangerous Sadness Try Control Live Something More Both Terms Make Learn Accumulate Get
I think I came across Cecil Taylor a bit later, in 65 or 66. That really impressed me - Cecil Taylor is an amazing character... Both his music and the way he approaches the instrument are astonishing. Luc Ferrari
Music Character Me Amazing Think Approaches Later Astonishing Way Bit Both He Instrument Came His Impressed Cecil Really Taylor Across
I was born in Paris, and I haven't moved, except until now - I live in the suburbs and I hate it. Luc Ferrari
Hate Live Born Paris Except Until Moved Suburbs Now
So the ideology was that: use sounds as instruments, as sounds on tape, without the causality. It was no longer a clarinet or a spring or a piano, but a sound with a form, a development, a life of its own. Luc Ferrari
Life Ideology Spring Own Clarinet Piano Development Longer Instruments Without Sound Causality Sounds Tape Form Use
When the Domaine Musical started up, I wasn't part of it. They were the major players in contemporary music at that time, braodcasting old and new composers' work. And I wasn't one of them. Luc Ferrari
Work Music Time Old Musical Composers Part New Major Contemporary Contemporary Music Were Up Them Players Started
Whereas Schaeffer and Henry were working like samplers, their idea was to capture those sounds which couldn't be serially calibrated because they were too complex in character. Luc Ferrari
Character Too Complex Those Idea Like Because Sounds Were Whereas Which Working Capture Henry
With the piano I'm completely in control of the gestural situation-not that I'm going to play the piece myself, but I know what's difficult, what's impossible. Luc Ferrari
Myself Impossible Control Difficult Piano Know Piece Going Play
You turned on the radio and heard all kinds of things. Luc Ferrari
You Kinds Heard Turned Radio Things
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