“I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned.” ThinkingSongTypeMelodyComposerOld Fashioned Author:Toru Takemitsu
“If you and I shall, like the believing shepherds, watch and long for His appearing, one day we, too, shall hear a music grander and sweeter even than the song of angels, when the great Composer shall transpose all the strains of earth from the minor into the major, when the wail of nature shall give way to the glad harmony of the everlasting jubilee.” IfsWayGivingBelieveLongEarthSongWatchesOne DayMajorsAngelHarmonyGladComposerMinorsStrainEverlastingAppearingShepherdsJubilee Author:Abbott Eliot Kittredge
“I'm not an original composer. The tunes are not stolen from other tunes necessarily except in a few cases, but they're in the style of songs that I grew up with.” SongCasesStyleGrewGrew UpOriginalsTunesComposerStolen Author:Tom Lehrer
“I am a composer first and foremost, and have always believed that being able to write memorable melodies is what sets musicians apart. My songs bring images to the listener's mind. The object is to transport my listeners to another place, some place sacred and spiritual that will make them glad they took the ride.” WritingMindFirstsAbleSpiritualSongObjectsMusicianSacredGladMemorableMelodyComposerListenersAlways BelieveTransport Author:Bradley Joseph
“There are a lot of composers who were fantastic, but I challenge them to write a record that you could play five times a day for two months on the radio, songs that people will want to dance to on a Saturday night.” PeopleWantWritingTwoPlayNightSongChallengesRecordsFiveMonthsRadioFantasticComposerSaturdaySaturday NightTwo Months Author:Robert Wyatt