William Bolcom Quotes

United States, Composer
May 26, 1938

William Elden Bolcom (born May 26, 1938) is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, a (Bolcom n.d.) Grammy Award, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. Bolcom taught composition at the University of Michigan from 1973–2008. He is married to mezzo-soprano Joan Morris.

Also known as Pianist

I knew I was going to be composing. It all makes sense in retrospect. But you don't know while you're in the process of improvising your life.

William Bolcom
Once I know what the first page is, then the rest will come.

William Bolcom
- Knows
- Firsts
- Pages

There's got to be something that you can do that will not just be a nice honor to the play, or the book, or the movie you're dealing with, but some aspect that maybe can explore something that the play couldn't do.

William Bolcom
- Book
- Nice
- Honor
I would find myself, not necessarily always assigning these little bits of music for here or there, but all of a sudden something would fall into place and it would be exactly that.

William Bolcom
- Fall
- Littles