57 Movie Quotes about Composers (Sound Clips)

Last updated on: August 19, 2025

Memorable quotes about composers, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 Directed by Rabbit, written by Rabbit, from an original idea by Rabbit, based on a notion by Rabbit, starring... the others. Oh, yes. Original music composed by Rabbit, too.

Rabbit in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

2 It had been a wonderful evening. And what I needed now to give it the perfect ending was a bit of the old Ludwig van.

Malcolm McDowell as Alex Delarge in A Clockwork Orange

3 But it's not fair. It's not fair I should feel ill when I hear lovely, lovely Ludwig van.

Malcolm McDowell as Alex Delarge in A Clockwork Orange

4 Can't cha see me on the stage performing Mozart. Tickling the ivories, 'til they gleam.

Quote from Tangled

5 Do you like Beethoven? -What? -If you're gonna hang around here, you've gotta like Beethoven. -All right, but I'll just have a small glass.

Lucy Van Pelt in Play It Again, Charlie Brown (1971)

6 What did you say? What do you mean Beethoven wouldn't have made it in Nashville? -Did he have the Nashville sound? Huh? Did he? Did he?

Quote from Play It Again, Charlie Brown (1971)

7 I'm doing a paper on Beethoven. Did you know he never played hockey? -He didn't? -No, he didn't. If he had played hockey, he would have written some hockey music.

Lucy Van Pelt in It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown

8 And presenting the distinguished court composer, Horatio Felonious Ignacious Crustaceous Sebastian!

Quote from The Little Mermaid (1989)

9 What do you mean, Beethoven wasn't so great? -He never got his picture on bubble-gum cards, did he? Have you ever seen his picture on a bubble-gum card? Hmm? How can you say someone is great who's never had his picture on bubble-gum cards?

Lucy Van Pelt in A Charlie Brown Christmas

10 So, what are you saying? You play the piano? -No, not a lick. I mean, I look at a piano, I see a bunch of keys, three pedals and a box of wood. But Beethoven, Mozart, they saw it, they could just play.

Matt Damon as Will Hunting in Good Will Hunting