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Harrison Birtwistle

"Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it."

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"Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it."

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Donna Grant

"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."

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Donna Grant

"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."

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Donna Grant

"Music fills the void between the heart and soul and connects them in heavenly delights."

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Donna Grant

"I listen to music constantly while writing."

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Donna Grant

"Music heard so deeplyThat it is not heard at all, butyou are the musicWhile the music lasts."

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Donna Grant

"Music is the song of eternal love which touches the soul and fills us with joy."

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Donna Grant

"I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation."

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Donna Grant

"Music is the language of the universe, which everyone, including all animals, can understand."

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Donna Grant

"Tax not so bad a voice to slander music any more than once."

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Donna Grant

"Music is the primordial language of life. That is why we love it so much. Actually every animal can hear and understand music better than we do."

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Harrison Birtwistle
"My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces."

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Harrison Birtwistle
"My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter."

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Harrison Birtwistle
"The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles."

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Harrison Birtwistle
"I think there are influences that you open the door to, and influences that come under the door."

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Harrison Birtwistle
"The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names."

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Harrison Birtwistle
"My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And then your friends say: It's terrific!"

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Harrison Birtwistle
"The piece that had a large influence on me was Turangalila."

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Harrison Birtwistle
"I always write the pieces I want to write."

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Harrison Birtwistle
"Music is such a problem in the time it takes."

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Harrison Birtwistle
"I wrote music as soon as I knew notation."

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