American Composer Quotes

#1. It's not a special taste. An American composer should have something to say to a cab driver.

Morton Gould

#2. I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from England.

John Corigliano

#3. I think the composer and production staff of an opera have a real responsibility to use visual elements of all kinds to make clear to the American audience, at any rate, exactly what is going on.

John Eaton

#4. Once I've learned all those things and gotten through the hard times, I come out feeling really powerful.

Skylar Grey

#5. In film, I was surprised when I first saw the movie 'Drive.' I said, 'Oh, God. It sounds great - I love it. Wow, this could be the soundtrack from 'American Gigolo' or 'Cat People.' But I'm surprised that the director would agree with a composer to write that kind of sound.

Giorgio Moroder

#6. Copland was the first important American classical composer to go to work for Hollywood.

Terry Teachout

#7. How strange it is that the house of these hedonic stalwarts is filled with all the luxuries of life, right from plasma televisions to Swiss bank cheque books. So how will they notice the tonnes of food grains rotting in the northern belt?

Faraaz Kazi

#8. Our character was being forged on the anvil of the difficult experiences we were facing. We knew that if we remained committed to God's purposes for us, we would be prepared to face the future.

George Foster

#9. Why can't we repeat 8th grace five times and call that a high school education?

Audrey Regan

#10. We may never understand illnesses such as cancer. In fact, we may never cure it. But an ounce of prevention is worth more than a million pounds of cure.

David Agus