Quotes by Composers

I think it was inevitable that I get into synthesizer music. I always wanted to deal with sound more than anything else. I couldn't get the sounds I wanted out of the piano. Vangelis

Music Inevitable Think Else Synthesizer Out More More Than Anything Piano Deal Always Sound Sounds Than Get Wanted Anything Anything Else

Music is science more than art, and it is the main code of the universe. Vangelis

Music Art Science Universe More Main Than Code

I've been composing and performing for as long as I can remember. Vangelis

Remember Long Composing Performing Been

My main language was music, and my teacher was nature. Vangelis

Teacher Music Nature Language Main

Every day I paint, and every day I compose music. Vangelis

Music Day Every Day Every Compose Paint

The avant-garde feel important, but they hardly understand what they're doing. Vangelis

Important Feel Understand Doing Avant-Garde Hardly

If you look for truth, you have to be courageous. Vangelis

Truth You Look Courageous

Computers are extremely helpful and amazing for a multitude of scientific areas, but for me, when it comes to creation, they are insufficient and slow. Therefore, all of my efforts are to stay away from that beast. Vangelis

Me Amazing Slow Beast Creation Extremely Stay Area Computers Insufficient Scientific Efforts Helpful Therefore Multitude Away

Success is sweet and treacherous. Vangelis

Success Sweet Success Is Treacherous

I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played. Virgil Thomson

Hope Care Other Say Critics Only dont Care Played

I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good. Virgil Thomson

Good Food Starve Well Said Friends Going Where Might

I look at you and I write down what I hear. Virgil Thomson

Music You Down Write Look Hear

I don't have to worry No matter what they do to it, it works. Virgil Thomson

Matter Worry Works

In the first place, you must pay great attention to the key note. William Billings

Great You Key First Pay Must Attention First Place Place Note

Now the big question is if you are going to go to all the trouble of setting an opera and making all that music and so on, there's got to be some aspect that you can do in an opera that really makes it worth while. William Bolcom

Music You Worth Trouble Big Setting Some Opera Makes Got Making Go Question Big Question Going While Really Aspect Now

There's got to be something that you can do that will not just be a nice honor to the play, or the book, or the movie you're dealing with, but some aspect that maybe can explore something that the play couldn't do. William Bolcom

You Book Honor Will Just Be Nice Some Something Dealing Got Maybe Just Movie Aspect Explore Play

Man is nature's sole mistake. William Gilbert

Nature Man Mistake Sole

You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it. William Gilbert

Myself You No Idea Idea Opinion How Little Poor Deserve

We will hang you, never fear, Most politely, most politely. William Gilbert

You Fear Will Never Most Politely Hang

He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist. William Gilbert

Manners Morals He Methodist

And I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all. William Gilbert

Myself Thought Party Thinking Never Voted Call Always

In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort. William Gilbert

Stronger Argument Secret Philosophical Hidden Investigation Obtained Sort Sure Opinions Causes Discovery Than Probable Common Experiments Conjecture Reasons Things