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The distance from nothing to a little, is ten thousand times more, than from it to the highest degree in this life. — John Donne

I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy. — Richard P. Feynman

Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also. — Yo-Yo Ma

Some people will make nonsense excuses to avoid things they have no interest in doing. — Ellen J. Barrier

He was a six and a half foot scowl.
(on Rachmaninov) — Igor Stravinsky

Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn't. — Aaron Copland

Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now. — Neville Marriner

Composers often think in terms of music and not of an instrument itself. — Michala Petri

RVM's Thought for the Day-Don't be afraid of being Happy. You deserve to be Happy. — R.v.m.

The musical equivalent of St Pancras Station.
(on Elgar) — Thomas Beecham

Of all composers, past and present, I am the least learned. I mean that in all seriousness, and by learning I do not mean knowledge of music. — Giuseppe Verdi

Business is personal and Relationships do matter. — Morag Barrett

Learn - improve - grow - live. Learn as if you might live forever and you'll live as if you might die tomorrow. — Steve Goodier

DEAFNESS DOESN'T PREVENT COMPOSERS HEARING THE MUSIC. IT PREVENTS THEM HEARING THE DISTRACTIONS. — Terry Pratchett

Many contemporary composers have been building walls of sounds following their own clever devices. But then, who lives inside those rooms? — Toru Takemitsu

Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism. — Howard Dietz

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

History's greatest composers would be appalled to hear their greatest works reduced to distorted hold music for businesses. — Michael P. Naughton

History's greatest composers world be rolling in their graves if they knew that their beautiful compositions were reduced to distorted hold music. — Michael P. Naughton

All Bach's last movements are like the running of a sewing machine.
(on Bach) — Arnold Bax

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since. — Samuel Butler

There's always been good and bad music. Many composers hide behind modern music in order to not make music. — Pepe Romero

Music is much like fucking, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent. — Charles Bukowski

I have learned that I will not pay any attention to anything people say about my movies, because people say things that are all over the place. — Paolo Sorrentino

By not choosing, you have already chosen. Don't let it be so. — Trina M. Lee

You can't have Bach, Mozart and Beethoven as your favorite composers. They simply define what music is! — Michael Tilson Thomas

Like many composers, most of my compositions are influenced by the music I've listened to throughout my life. — Nobuo Uematsu

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads. — Marianne Moore

I'm curious how people build up the codes that they live their life by, and how they come to think that that's the best way for them to function. — Noah Baumbach

Childhoods shine through adult skin, helpfully or not. — Ian McEwan

Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds. — John Philip Sousa

What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with composers. I think that has driven everything I've done. — Robert Moog

Since Mozart's day composers have learned the art of making music throatily and palpitatingly sexual. — Aldous Huxley

Fortunately, I started very young, so I read music very well. And my favorite composers to play are Brahms and Mozart. — Condoleezza Rice