Gordon Getty Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches



Gordon Getty Quotes and Sayings


  • 1
    Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background or any musical talent. They liked classical music, but neither could carry a tune. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 2
    Either your understanding of the meaning of music is there from the beginning or it is not. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 3
    I do not think that music keeps evolving. It evolved through Bach; since then, in my humble opinion, all the innovations added nothing. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 4
    I don't think events in your life affect your music. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 5
    I feel that I belong to the 19th century. Some composers' music is very topical. It almost says, 'This is about what I read in newspapers yesterday.' Not mine. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 6
    I just have to take my chances like any other composer. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 7
    I personally do not write highbrow music. If I do, it's by accident. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 8
    I see only adaptations - not revolutions. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 9
    I want to make the world better. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 10
    I was in Paris at an English-language bookstore. I picked up a volume of Dickinson's poetry. I came back to my hotel, read 2,000 of her poems and immediately began composing in my head. I wrote down the melodies even before I got to a piano. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 11
    I'm a terrible singer, but it helps when I have to call a taxi. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 12
    I've had every advantage in the world, despite the 18 years of silence which were nobody's fault but mine. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 13
    I've managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of course, music helped me - music is all about civilization, about something worthwhile. It's all about ideas. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 14
    If you have more money than you need, you have to give it away. It's a duty. I get to choose whom to sponsor, and I like to give to the areas that I know something about. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 15
    It's true that I tend to daydream. I'm the same person in business as I am in music: I can be distracted and absentminded. It's my style. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 16
    My father was so much more than an accomplished businessman. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 17
    My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I have 19th-century ideals. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 18
    Nicolette, Kendalle, and Alexandra are my children. Their mother, Cynthia Beck, and I, love them very much. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 19
    The Getty family has been fully supportive throughout this situation, and for that, I am very grateful. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 20
    There is no change - I'm as deep or as shallow as I ever was. What's new is on-the-job experience. This is what you gain with years. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF
  • 21
    When my opera Plump Jack was performed in 1989, my first piano teacher sent me something that I'd composed when I was four. I remember I played it, and it still sounded like me. I'm the same composer I was then. Gordon Getty | Refcard PDF

 

  

  

 

  

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