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  • 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.

  • I just have to take my chances like any other composer.

    "'I want to make the world better'". Interview with Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.
  • I'm a terrible singer, but it helps when I have to call a taxi.

    Singers   Helping   Taxi  
    "'I want to make the world better'". Interview with Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.
  • Ive managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of course, music helped me - music is all about civilization, about something worthwhile. Its all about ideas.

  • I see only adaptations - not revolutions.

    "'I want to make the world better'". Interview with Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.
  • My father was so much more than an accomplished businessman.

    "I want to make the world better" by Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.
  • I've had every advantage in the world, despite the 18 years of silence which were nobody's fault but mine.

    Years   Silence   World  
    "'I want to make the world better'". Interview with Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.
  • 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.

    Father   Rose   Parent  
  • 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.

  • The Getty family has been fully supportive throughout 'double life' situation, and for that, I am very grateful.

    "Getty's double life stuns Californian high society" by Julian Borger, www.theguardian.com. August 22, 1999.
  • I want to make the world better.

    World   Want  
    "I want to make the world better" by Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.
  • Nicolette, Kendalle, and Alexandra are my children. Their mother, Cynthia Beck, and I, love them very much.

    "Getty's double life stuns Californian high society" by Julian Borger, www.theguardian.com. August 22, 1999.
  • I don't think events in your life affect your music.

    "I want to make the world better" By Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.
  • I do not think that music keeps evolving. It evolved through Bach; since then, in my humble opinion, all the innovations added nothing.

  • 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.

    Teacher   Piano   Firsts  
  • My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I have 19th-century ideals.

    "I want to make the world better" by Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.
  • 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.

    Jobs   Years   Gains  
    "I want to make the world better". Interview with Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.
  • 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.

    Giving   Needs   Need You  
  • Either your understanding of the meaning of music is there from the beginning or it is not.

    "I want to make the world better" by Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.
  • I personally do not write highbrow music. If I do, it's by accident.

    Writing   Accidents   Ifs  
    "I want to make the world better" by Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.
  • 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.

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Gordon Getty

  • Born: December 20, 1934
  • Occupation: Musical composer