Harrison Birtwistle Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Music is such a problem in the time it takes.”

“This sounds horribly pretentious, but I like to think that if music hadn't existed, I could have invented it.”

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

“There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page, it's not just a collection of notes.”

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

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

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

“I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.”

“I'm not an architectural composer.”

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