#composing

There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

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There are people who must spend huge amounts of time composing these online diatribes against me, all about how disgusting and terrible I am and how no one should ever read my books, and it's not enough for them to hate me, they can't stand the fact that ANYONE likes me! ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#against #am #anyone #books #composing

The composing room has an unlimited supply of periods available to terminate short, simple sentences. ↗

— Turner Catledge

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Composing is my life blood. ↗

— Morton Gould

#composing #life #my life

Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning new skills has always energized me and scoring has opened up a world of sonic possibilities. ↗

— Liz Phair

#chance #composing #dimensions #down #essential

You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel. ↗

— Maurice Ravel

#end #first-rate #gershwin #instead #lose

I think my playing has been orchestral throughout the years, and this is another way of expressing that. But I primarily see it as the ultimate accomplishment of a musician. Composing makes me feel like I've finally gotten all the way up the ladder as a musician. ↗

— Tony Williams

#another #another way #been #composing #expressing

I was very committed to the process of composing, working at poems, putting things together and taking them apart like some kind of experimental filmmaker. ↗

— David Antin

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I love making music, I love composing on my computer, just making crazy ethnic slack orchestral tracks, that's one of my fun things. ↗

— Casey Abrams

#computer #crazy #ethnic #fun #fun things

I think I've done more recording in the past 10 years than most people, but it's all been directed toward film composing and soundtracks. Just the same, it's been great. ↗

— Stanley Clarke

#composing #directed #done #film #great