26 Quotes by Alan Hovhaness
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There were periods when I sometimes made fires in a large, open fireplace that lasted about two weeks, which was how long it took to burn my compositions. So there has been an awful lot that I have destroyed.
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I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.
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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 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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No, no, I didn't know him. He lost his mind around 1917 because of the tragedy of the Armenians.
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I think that of my 21 symphonies, each has its own place.
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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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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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