#composer

Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.' ↗

Composers are always going back to the past. ↗

I think the composer and production staff of an opera have a real responsibility to use visual elements of all kinds to make clear to the American audience, at any rate, exactly what is going on. ↗

— John Eaton

#american audience #any #audience #clear #composer

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

#although #american #billy #billy joel #composers

Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#composers #fact #give #good #nobody

The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#equivalent #negative #performance #print #score

Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle. ↗

— Thomas Beecham

#errand #should #tunes #whistle #write

I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put my name to as a composer. ↗