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> [I was composing before I realised I was a composer. I mean it came more or less naturally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meale/i-was-composing-before-i-realised-i-was-a-composer-i-mean-it-came/)

[Richard Meale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meale/)

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> [I was composing before I realised I was a composer. It came more or less naturally. There were a couple of old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meale/i-was-composing-before-i-realised-i-was-a-composer-it-came-more-or/)

[Richard Meale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meale/)

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> [It never occurred to me that there was anything odd about writing my own music, and so I used to just jot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meale/it-never-occurred-to-me-that-there-was-anything-odd-about-writing-my/)

[Richard Meale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meale/)

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## Other authors on Composing

## More by Richard Meale

> [I use music as something from which I obtain some form of - I hate to use the word spiritual - guidance, an awareness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meale/i-use-music-as-something-from-which-i-obtain-some-form-of-i-hate-to/)

[Richard Meale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meale/)

> [I was composing before I realised I was a composer. I mean it came more or less naturally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meale/i-was-composing-before-i-realised-i-was-a-composer-i-mean-it-came/)

[Richard Meale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meale/)

> [I was always self-taught, there was no-one to study with when I was doing composition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meale/i-was-always-self-taught-there-was-no-one-to-study-with-when-i-was/)

[Richard Meale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meale/)

> [In studying music, you're dealing with a person, not just what comes to you on a piece of paper, and it's important to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meale/in-studying-music-you-re-dealing-with-a-person-not-just-what-comes-to/)

[Richard Meale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meale/)

> [The one thing I never did, I was never strict in my techniques. I might have pretended in the past at times that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meale/the-one-thing-i-never-did-i-was-never-strict-in-my-techniques-i-might/)

[Richard Meale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meale/)

> [I was composing before I realised I was a composer. It came more or less naturally. There were a couple of old ladies lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meale/i-was-composing-before-i-realised-i-was-a-composer-it-came-more-or/)

[Richard Meale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meale/)

> [There's only just so much you can do; I prefer to do only a couple of things and go to some depth in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meale/there-s-only-just-so-much-you-can-do-i-prefer-to-do-only-a-couple-of/)

[Richard Meale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meale/)

> [I had great difficulties learning to play initially because I could not think rhythmically properly, although it's an even-paced rhythm, I was not phrasing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meale/i-had-great-difficulties-learning-to-play-initially-because-i-could/)

[Richard Meale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meale/)

> [Music is for people to hear, I can't think of anything else it could be for. Unless you believe in God, and I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meale/music-is-for-people-to-hear-i-can-t-think-of-anything-else-it-could/)

[Richard Meale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meale/)

> [It never occurred to me that there was anything odd about writing my own music, and so I used to just jot down little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meale/it-never-occurred-to-me-that-there-was-anything-odd-about-writing-my/)

[Richard Meale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meale/)

> [I was not happy as a traveller, I did not feel really at home anywhere I went, even in Spain which was the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meale/i-was-not-happy-as-a-traveller-i-did-not-feel-really-at-home-anywhere/)

[Richard Meale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meale/)

> [Anything that we love seems to always come out in some form or another, but once it gets into your brain, these things get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meale/anything-that-we-love-seems-to-always-come-out-in-some-form-or/)

[Richard Meale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meale/)

> [I've always worked at the piano; I like to hear what I'm doing, I like the sound, to hear the actual sound. I get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meale/i-ve-always-worked-at-the-piano-i-like-to-hear-what-i-m-doing-i-like/)

[Richard Meale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meale/)

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