I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
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When I was confronted with official tuition, the academic thing, I could see no relationship whatever between that and the music I'd been writing since I was 11.Harrison Birtwistle
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You either are or you're not.
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When I dealt with set theory, I could never make it be the music that I wanted.
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The piece that had a large influence on me was Turangalila.
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I always write the pieces I want to write.
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