I consider everything I compose a gift. Keith Emerson
I wait. I compose myself. My self is a thing I must now compose, as one composes a speech. What I must present is a made thing, not something born. Margaret Atwood
I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose. Ludwig van Beethoven
I see the work as a whole first. Then I compose the details. Arnold Schoenberg
I compose my own stuff. I've been writing songs with words. I've been playing more on the keyboard because I can transpose it to sheet music on the computer. Alicia Witt
Every day I paint, and every day I compose music. Vangelis