I found a greater identity with my own emotions in the Armenian culture as I grew older, as well as from the beginning, although I didn't know anything about it. — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
No, no, I didn't know him. He lost his mind around 1917 because of the tragedy of the Armenians. — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
I found a greater identity with my own emotions in the Armenian culture as I grew older, as well as from the beginning, although… — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
I was born in Somerville, but I don't remember very much about it because we moved from there to Arlington when I was five… — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
No, no, I didn't know him. He lost his mind around 1917 because of the tragedy of the Armenians. — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
There were periods when I sometimes made fires in a large, open fireplace that lasted about two weeks, which was how long it took… — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
My purpose is to create music not for snobs, but for all people, music which is beautiful and healing. To attempt what old Chinese… — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
This is not to say that the Scots are not fine people, but they were all sort of... well, my grandfather was a minister… — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century. — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
