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

Harrison Birtwistle, British Composer

Influence, Names, Will, Worth

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

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"To get fruits from the tree branches, shake them with hands; to get fruits from men, shake them with clever ideas!"

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"By becoming the embodiment of His will, we make God real in the world."

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"Our relationship with God broadens our opportunities and influence on earth."

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"Our values are as a result of the information you respond to on regular basis."

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Explore more quotes by Harrison Birtwistle

"When I dealt with set theory, I could never make it be the music that I wanted."

"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."

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

"When I was confronted with official tuition, the academic thing, I could see no relationship whatever between that and the music I'd been writing since I was 11."

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

"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."

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

"In the end it doesn't matter what you do."

"When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18."

"One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things."

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