Top 17 Quotes & Sayings by Burt Bacharach

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American composer Burt Bacharach.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Burt Freeman Bacharach is an American composer, songwriter, record producer and pianist who composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. A six-time Grammy Award winner and three-time Academy Award winner, Bacharach's songs have been recorded by more than 1,000 different artists. As of 2014, he had written 73 US and 52 UK Top 40 hits. He is considered one of the most important composers of 20th-century popular music.

American - Composer | Born: May 12, 1928

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I felt alienated at school, and I never did well with girls.

Burt Bacharach

I was blown away by the standing ovation. I've had tributes before, sure, but I don't retain that feeling, and I wasn't prepared for it on Tuesday. But maybe you shouldn't retain these things or you'd be on a permanent high.

Burt Bacharach

Because I was small, I was getting the hell kicked out of me playing football.

Burt Bacharach

A small town is a place where there's no place to go where you shouldn't.

Burt Bacharach

I recorded the song live in front of an orchestra, and yes, I was very moved, I was in tears.

Burt Bacharach

I'd met Dr Dre, he was thinking about his next album, we talked a little and he said, 'Let me give you some of these loops and see what you come up with'.

Burt Bacharach

I've always had a problem with people who couldn't tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they're wrong.

Burt Bacharach

Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.

Burt Bacharach

I started playing piano with a little band in high school. I was terrible. I thought I had absolutely no talent. I couldn't keep time. I only got into McGill, which was a lousy music school, because they were taking American music students.

Burt Bacharach

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.

Burt Bacharach

The music is the last thing I'm thinking about right now, in order of what's important.

Burt Bacharach

It's not getting any better, is it? I don't want my 19-year-old boy going into the army. I love these little kids. They understand how passionate I am.

Burt Bacharach

Never be ashamed to write a melody that people remember.

Burt Bacharach

What the world needs now is love, sweet love, It's the only thing that there's just too little of.

Burt Bacharach

Music breeds its own inspiration. You can only do it by doing it. You may not feel like it, but you push yourself. It's a work process. Or just improvise. Something will come.

Burt Bacharach

If Bush said just once: 'Boy. I hope you accept my apology as a country,' or showed some humanity.

Burt Bacharach