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Harrison Birtwistle
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“My attitude to writing is.. it's like when you do wallpapering, you know, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet, you think: "Oh my God that's horrible..." And then your friends come and say: "Who did this wallpapering? It's terrific!”
Harrison Birtwistle (1934–2022) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interviewed by Dan Warburton, July 8, 1995.
“I like to think that if music hadn't existed, I could have invented it.”
Harrison Birtwistle (1934–2022) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interviewed by Dan Warburton, July 8, 1995.
“Composing's not voluntary, you know. There's no choice, you're not free. You're landed with an idea and you have responsibility to that idea.”
Harrison Birtwistle (1934–2022) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In The Observer, April 14, 1996.