15 Quotes by Richard Rodney Bennett
- Author Richard Rodney Bennett
-
Quote
Elizabeth Lutyens was the first professional composer that I ever knew. I sent someextremely infantile pieces that I I'd written and got marvellous encouragement andinterest from her... she's certainly the English composer who's influenced me themost.
- Tags
- Share
- Author Richard Rodney Bennett
-
Quote
I am proud to be able to claim that, from the age of nineteen, I've managed to earna living entirely as a composer.
- Share
- Author Richard Rodney Bennett
-
Quote
I hated teaching composition. I was playing music I didn’t particularly want to play, being on committees I didn’t want to be on.
- Share
- Author Richard Rodney Bennett
-
Quote
I just scribbled away and eventually a C-major chord was there. I didn’t ever decide I was going to be a composer. It was like being tall. It’s what I was. It’s what I did.
- Share
- Author Richard Rodney Bennett
-
Quote
I am proud to be able to claim that, from the age of nineteen, I’ve managed to earna living entirely as a composer.
- Share
- Author Richard Rodney Bennett
-
Quote
I realized very early that I was never going to make by living by writing string quartets. But I wanted to write music and I didn’t want to have to do anything else.
- Share