George Rochberg Quotes

#1. George Rochberg once said that 'to be a composer, you need to have fire in the belly, fire in the brain, but most importantly, an iron stomach.' I feel this is for the most part true, and hope I might convey something of it to younger composers.

Michael Hersch

#2. Translations increase the faults of a work and spoil its beauties.

Voltaire

#3. 'On the Road' is another one of those, a film in which the audience has a very clear idea of who they think your character is, so you know you are asking for it. But that's the challenge.

Sam Riley

#4. If a cold breeze signifies a ghost, then the arctic must be really haunted. I'm going there next week, because I've got to look everywhere when searching for the love of my life.

Jarod Kintz

#5. I really like to kid around, and it's my own way of concentrating. In order for me to be able to feel better and concentrate, I need everybody else around me to be relaxed.

Omar Sy

#6. Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.

Mahatma Gandhi

#7. We don't admit it to ourselves, not until the very moment of death, but in that moment, we see all life before us and we understand how we chose, every day of our lives, the manner of our death.

Orson Scott Card

#8. It went against everything Neil knew to give in, but he'd chosen this path. He'd chosen Andrew.

Nora Sakavic

#9. The most persuasive gospel tract is the exemplary life of a faithful Latter-day Saint.

Gordon B. Hinckley