Best quotes by Gordon Getty on Music

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

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• ‟ I don't think events in your life affect your music.

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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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• ‟ 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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• ‟ I do not think that music keeps evolving. It evolved through Bach; since then, in my humble opinion, all the innovations added nothing.

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• ‟ I personally do not write highbrow music. If I do, it's by accident.

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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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• ‟ 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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