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The fact that the theatregoing public likes my music is no credit to me. There are many other composers who write better music that the public doesn't like. Jerome Kern

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The structural thinking I use in the concert hall is unnecessary to most film projects, and most film composers make better use of the enormous range of pop and other materials and techniques required of them than I probably would, faced with the same challenge. John Corigliano

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Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers. John Eaton

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America can well expect to develop a goodly amount of composers for she has a goodly number of people. John Philip Sousa

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It's no longer unusual for real avant-garde composers to have been in a band, and for bands to be interested in a wide range of music. Look at how artists like Aphex Twin are influenced by Nancarrow and Stockhausen. Jonny Greenwood

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I don't use composers. I research music the way I research the photographs or the facts in my scripts. Ken Burns

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As improvisers, we're acting as composers in front of people. Kurt Elling

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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

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Magicians are typically introverted; they don't tend to work with others, but I work with software programmers, composers, designers, so it's a very diverse group and the result is always more interesting than something I could have done by myself. Marco Tempest

We teach young kids from 8 to 14 or 15 about their musical heritage through great songs written by American songwriters. We don't do too many modern composers, although we include songs from Billy Joel and other writers like him. Margaret Whiting

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I love being part of the ASCAP family of songwriters and composers. Max Martin

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If somebody says, 'Well, what are your favorite composers?' really, what they are saying is, 'What are your favorite composers apart from Bach?' Because obviously, Bach is your favorite composer if you are involved in music at all. Max Richter

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In Germany, people feel like they own classical music, that it is somehow theirs. Over there, everyone still learns to play, and the great composers don't seem alien. Max Richter

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When you have great songs that are going to live longer than the composers, everything you can do to bring those different elements and nuances out, serve the song. Michael Bolton

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I don't meet stockbrokers or carpenters or coal miners; I spend all day with actors, composers and photographers. Michael Caine

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But still as compared to many, many orchestras in the world, I think you find a lot more new music and living composers on our programs than many other places. Michael Tilson Thomas

If you look at the history of music, you have classical composers, church music, pop music, etc. Music that's existed for centuries. I think there are some songs that are close to immortal. They will last longer than we will in this lifetime. Mike Love

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I am getting to work with some good musicians, artistes, and composers. Mohit Chauhan

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You know creators, composers, need a palette for life, a color for life. Mstislav Rostropovich

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My favorite composers are the ones that tell the story. I love Wagner. I love Mahler. Prokofiev. The programmatic music. I listen more to classic rock because I don't like the contemporary music very much. Patti LuPone

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