Alan Hovhaness Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

10 Famous Quotes by Alan Hovhaness
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“I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.”
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“In back of the house where I was born there was an attic and from there you could see a poorhouse. I remember that very clearly.”
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“Also, many very good records of contemporary music have been allowed to disappear. They don't recut them even when they are successful.”
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“I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living.”
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“I found a greater identity with my own emotions in the Armenian culture as I grew older, as well as from the beginning, although I didn't know anything about it.”
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“I had been composing but I didn't know I was. When I realized that this was what I had been doing, I began to take it seriously.”
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“I think that of my 21 symphonies, each has its own place.”
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“I was born in Somerville, but I don't remember very much about it because we moved from there to Arlington when I was five years old, and it was in Arlington that I spent most of my childhood.”
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“I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way.”
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“It's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century.”
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