#composer

Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary. ↗

— Anton Rubinstein

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Composers are not all good conductors. ↗

— Anton Seidl

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All of these people kept on being professional musicians and composers in the strictest sense. ↗

— James Tenney

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

— John Eaton

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

— Thomas Beecham

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Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism. ↗

— Howard Dietz

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Soon, I knew that I would become a chemist, rather than a composer. ↗

— Richard Ernst

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Well, let me, first of all, say, that as a microtonal composer, I've never been much of a theorist. ↗

— John Eaton

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