Alan Hovhaness Quotes

There were periods when I sometimes made fires in a large, open fireplace that lasted about two weeks, which was how long it took to burn my compositions. So there has been an awful lot that I have destroyed.

Alan Hovhaness

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 8, 1911 - June 21, 2000

Topics

LongBurnSometimesFireplaceOpen

The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it.

John Hay

TyrannyHimSeenWhoEvilsRarely

Apparently, as a kid, I used to eat spiders. Maybe there's some Freudian significance behind that.

Matt Smith

KidEatUsedBehindSignificance

A short story can be really interesting and enriching and powerful, but a novel just contains so much more information and richness and depth. That's what I strive for in my music. I want to create something that's like a longform statement.

St. Lucia

MusicStoryShortPowerfulCreate

I feel like dress socks differentiate you in a different way - especially men in suits who just have the traditional business suit. The dress sock is the way to change it up in your mind and I like wearing my pants up higher so you see them.

Rob Kardashian

ChangeBusinessMenDressMindYou

I approach dancing from a different angle than those who begin dancing at 8 or 9. Those who have studied from the beginning never question anything.

Rudolf Nureyev

BeginningNeverQuestionDancingWho

I don't think boldness should be associated with showing off skin. It's not the basis of boldness.

Mira Nair

ThinkSkinBoldnessOffShould

Empirical evidence collected and analyzed by political scientists demonstrates that judicial pensions are the most important factor in a Justice's decision to retire, far more important than the party of the President or which political party has control of the Senate.

David Stras

JusticeDecisionControlPolitical

I've always believed that a goal in life is not to own a boat but have a friend with a boat.

Christie Hefner

LifeFriendBoatGoalAlwaysOwn

Theater was definitely part of my roots. My father would take me to plays, and then my mother was always on the lookout for other talent and taking me to see plays. I saw Frank Langella in 'Dracula'... Great, great performances. I was a theater rat, hanging out backstage.

Christian Slater

FatherMotherGreatTalentMeRoots

Perhaps this is one of the last remaining strands of my Catholic upbringing, but to me the word 'worship' means absolute unquestioning affirmation of the authority of the deity. I'll not have that in my life. If you are wise, neither will you.

Brendan Myers

LifeWiseMeMy LifeYouAuthority

Whether it is the old lady's fear, or the many ghostly traditions of this place, or the crucifix itself, I do not know, but I am not feeling nearly as easy in my mind as usual.

Bram Stoker

FearI AmMindLadyEasyPlace

You can't do something forever.

Bob Dylan

YouForeverSomething

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