Alan Hovhaness

I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God. ↗

— Alan Hovhaness

#clothing #god #i #nature #regarded

I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living. ↗

— Alan Hovhaness

#earn #i #kinds #living #order

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. ↗

— Alan Hovhaness

#although #anything #armenian #beginning #culture

I think that of my 21 symphonies, each has its own place. ↗

— Alan Hovhaness

#i #i think #own #place #symphonies

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. ↗

— Alan Hovhaness

#arlington #because #born #childhood #five

It's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century. ↗

— Alan Hovhaness

#century #hard #i #me #music

My mother's background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some of whom had come over from Scotland. ↗

— Alan Hovhaness

#came #come #family #had #lived

No, no, I didn't know him. He lost his mind around 1917 because of the tragedy of the Armenians. ↗

— Alan Hovhaness

#around #because #him #his #i

There is nothing like practice. ↗

— Alan Hovhaness

#nothing #practice

This is not to say that the Scots are not fine people, but they were all sort of... well, my grandfather was a minister and sort of Protestant, and this was rather depressing to me. ↗

— Alan Hovhaness

#fine #grandfather #me #minister #people