Start with the foreground. Compositions fail when the foreground is treated as an afterthought. Votes: 3
Robert GennIt (Strayhorn's Compositions) made us all think a little differently about what we were doing Votes: 3
Benny CarterYou should neither play bad compositions, nor, unless compelled, listen to them. Votes: 0
Robert SchumannThe way we see is critical to understanding how others will read our compositions. Votes: 0
Mike SvobThe first requisite of style, not only in rhetoric, but in all compositions, is perspicuity. Votes: 0
Richard WhatelyI don't particularly fall in love with my own compositions, but some of them are decent. Votes: 0
George BensonThelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name. Votes: 0
Matthew ShippIf we make mistakes in our first compositions and do not know them, we may not amend them. Votes: 0
Leonardo da VinciEach record in the 'Book of Angels' series is meant to be unique in terms of the compositions. Votes: 0
John Zorn