Harrison Birtwistle

I always write the pieces I want to write. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

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I didn't have a record player. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

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I don't have ideas so much as there are things which constantly evolve... there are various threads or layers, if you like, which change. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

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I don't think there is much American music. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

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I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

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

— Harrison Birtwistle

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I wrote music as soon as I knew notation. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

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I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

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I'm not an architectural composer. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

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My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And then your friends say: It's terrific! ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

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