The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think a composer is always interested in his last work.
Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself.
It is always interesting and sometimes even important to have intimate knowledge of a composer's life, but it is not essential in order to understand the composer's works.
A composer knows that music is written by human beings for human beings and that music is a continuation of life, not something separated from it.
It doesn't necessarily mean at all that the composer plays his own works best.
A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.
It's funny because as a composer, you want to hear your songs live on. I think a lot of times people will create a song and it becomes stagnant or something that they're no longer interested in playing, and they leave it alone.
The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.
If he's a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the jazz musician.
As a composer, I know that all sorts of sounds I hear are making their way into my brain and soul and later sneak into my music.
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