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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hovhaness/i-found-a-greater-identity-with-my-own-emotions-in-the-armenian/)

[Alan Hovhaness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hovhaness/)

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> [No, no, I didn't know him. He lost his mind around 1917 because of the tragedy of the Armenians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hovhaness/no-no-i-didn-t-know-him-he-lost-his-mind-around-1917-because-of-the/)

[Alan Hovhaness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hovhaness/)

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## More by Alan Hovhaness

> [I think that of my 21 symphonies, each has its own place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hovhaness/i-think-that-of-my-21-symphonies-each-has-its-own-place/)

[Alan Hovhaness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hovhaness/)

> [I found a greater identity with my own emotions in the Armenian culture as I grew older, as well as from the beginning, although…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hovhaness/i-found-a-greater-identity-with-my-own-emotions-in-the-armenian/)

[Alan Hovhaness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hovhaness/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hovhaness/i-was-born-in-somerville-but-i-don-t-remember-very-much-about-it/)

[Alan Hovhaness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hovhaness/)

> [No, no, I didn't know him. He lost his mind around 1917 because of the tragedy of the Armenians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hovhaness/no-no-i-didn-t-know-him-he-lost-his-mind-around-1917-because-of-the/)

[Alan Hovhaness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hovhaness/)

> [There is nothing like practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hovhaness/there-is-nothing-like-practice/)

[Alan Hovhaness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hovhaness/)

> [I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hovhaness/i-ve-always-regarded-nature-as-the-clothing-of-god/)

[Alan Hovhaness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hovhaness/)

> [There were periods when I sometimes made fires in a large, open fireplace that lasted about two weeks, which was how long it took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hovhaness/there-were-periods-when-i-sometimes-made-fires-in-a-large-open/)

[Alan Hovhaness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hovhaness/)

> [The composer...joins Heaven and Earth with threads of sounds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hovhaness/the-composer-joins-heaven-and-earth-with-threads-of-sounds/)

[Alan Hovhaness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hovhaness/)

> [My purpose is to create music not for snobs, but for all people, music which is beautiful and healing. To attempt what old Chinese…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hovhaness/my-purpose-is-to-create-music-not-for-snobs-but-for-all-people-music/)

[Alan Hovhaness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hovhaness/)

> [This is not to say that the Scots are not fine people, but they were all sort of... well, my grandfather was a minister…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hovhaness/this-is-not-to-say-that-the-scots-are-not-fine-people-but-they-were/)

[Alan Hovhaness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hovhaness/)

> [I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hovhaness/i-did-all-kinds-of-things-in-order-to-earn-a-living/)

[Alan Hovhaness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hovhaness/)

> [It's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hovhaness/it-s-hard-for-me-to-think-of-others-because-i-m-not-particularly-in/)

[Alan Hovhaness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hovhaness/)

> [I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hovhaness/i-was-much-more-interested-in-the-orchestra-than-the-piano-but-i-did/)

[Alan Hovhaness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hovhaness/)

> [My mother's background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some of whom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hovhaness/my-mother-s-background-was-scottish-she-came-from-an-old-family-some/)

[Alan Hovhaness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hovhaness/)

> [The greater the emotional intensity, the greater the simplicity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hovhaness/the-greater-the-emotional-intensity-the-greater-the-simplicity/)

[Alan Hovhaness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hovhaness/)

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