Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.
Thomas Beecham
I have tremendous respect for film composers.
John Corigliano
Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism.
Howard Dietz
Composers are always going back to the past.
Anne Dudley
Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers.
John Eaton
Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
Carlisle Floyd
You know creators, composers, need a palette for life, a color for life.
Mstislav Rostropovich
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
Many composers today don't know what the human throat is.
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Composers are not all good conductors.
Anton Seidl