"In Hollywood, the rainbow hits the ground for composers."

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"Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary."

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"The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors."

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"Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast."

"There are no black film composers doing the likes of Star Wars, doing the likes of E.T., doing the likes of Jurassic Park. There are none, nor will there ever be one. That ain't about to happen!"

"Composers dialogue - and obsessively, bitterly argue - with other composers, often over the span of several centuries."

"I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him."

"When I began, the guitar was en-closed in a vicious circle. There were no composers writing for the guitar, be-cause there were no virtuoso guitarists."

"I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour."

"I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven."

"Composers in the old days used to keep strictly to the base of the theme, as their real subject. Beethoven varies the melody, harmony and rhythms so beautifully."

"Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary."

"The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors."

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"Never play anything that don't sound right. You might not make any money, but at least you won't get hostile with yourself."

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"I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late."

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"In Hollywood, the rainbow hits the ground for composers."