#compose

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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Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes. ↗

— Walt Whitman

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I was in the band as a boy and was taught music and learned to compose. ↗

— Norman Wisdom

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I compose my own stuff. I've been writing songs with words. I've been playing more on the keyboard because I can transpose it to sheet music on the computer. ↗

— Alicia Witt

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Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation. ↗

— Graham Greene

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Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally. ↗

— Ken Hill

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

— Judy Holliday

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It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. ↗

— John Andrew Holmes

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I can't write, I can't paint, I don't compose. ↗

— Richard Attenborough

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

— Thomas Beecham

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