Rorem Composer Quotes

#1. If a composer could state in words what being a composer means, he would no longer need to be a composer.

Ned Rorem

#2. Ultimately, going into the consumer market, we really need outstanding content. That was the goal: if we can get the developer kit out at a low enough cost point, then hopefully a lot of developers would show up and start creating content.

Brendan Iribe

#3. The human spirit is more powerful than any drug and THAT is what needs to be nourished: with work, play, friendship, family. THESE are the things that matter.

Robin Williams

#4. A sexy picture can come from anyone who forms an intimacy with their subject. You can take a sexy picture of your cat if you want to.

Ellen Von Unwerth

#5. God is not a person, God is the underlying consciousness in Existence.

Swami Dhyan Giten

#6. Two heads are better than one.

John Heywood

#7. Composition is notation of distortion of what composers think they've heard before. Masterpieces are marvelous misquotations.

Ned Rorem