Best quotes by John Williams on Music

Checkout quotes by John Williams on Music

  • I don't make a particular distinction between 'high art' and 'low art.' Music is there for everybody. It's a river we can all put our cups into and drink it and be sustained by it.
    - John Williams
  • As a youngster, I never dreamed there could be a career actually earning a living writing music.
    - John Williams
  • Composing music is hard work.
    - John Williams
  • I was never that into the movies. Never. Even as a youngster. I became interested in movie music only because of the studio orchestras in Hollywood.
    - John Williams
  • I always wrote music for my friends, but my focus was on playing piano. I didn't think I'd be quite good enough to be a soloist, but I believed that if I worked hard enough, I could work as a player, a teacher.
    - John Williams
  • I feel very lucky, and the work that I do doesn't depend on much. If your vision's still good, and your hands - I have no arthritis in my hands, and I play the piano very easily - I don't think there's any reason to deprive oneself of the fun of working. Music is so rewarding.
    - John Williams