"I feel that I belong to the 19th century. Some composers' music is very topical. It almost says, 'This is about what I read in newspapers yesterday.' Not mine."

Music, Composers, Newspapers, Yesterday

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"I feel that I belong to the 19th century. Some composers' music is very topical. It almost says, 'This is about what I read in newspapers yesterday.' Not mine."

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"I was in Paris at an English-language bookstore. I picked up a volume of Dickinson's poetry. I came back to my hotel, read 2,000 of her poems and immediately began composing in my head. I wrote down the melodies even before I got to a piano."

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"Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background or any musical talent. They liked classical music, but neither could carry a tune."

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"If you have more money than you need, you have to give it away. It's a duty. I get to choose whom to sponsor, and I like to give to the areas that I know something about."

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"Either your understanding of the meaning of music is there from the beginning or it is not."

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"I've managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of course, music helped me - music is all about civilization, about something worthwhile. It's all about ideas."

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"I feel that I belong to the 19th century. Some composers' music is very topical. It almost says, 'This is about what I read in newspapers yesterday.' Not mine."

Music, Composers, Newspapers, Yesterday

"The Getty family has been fully supportive throughout this situation, and for that, I am very grateful."

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"My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I have 19th-century ideals."

Music, Ideals, Personality

"My father was so much more than an accomplished businessman."

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"It's true that I tend to daydream. I'm the same person in business as I am in music: I can be distracted and absentminded. It's my style."

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