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"A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone."
"It does not require money to live neat, clean, and dignified."
"Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable."
"It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected."
"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."
Explore more quotes by Harrison Birtwistle
"This sounds horribly pretentious, but I like to think that if music hadn't existed, I could have invented it."
"There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page, it's not just a collection of notes."
"The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years' time? A completely different attitude."
"The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names."
"People say my music is English. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me."
"I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music."
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