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> [I think it's a great handicap to be discovered at an early age. I didn't have that burden of early success. I had the much more livable and durable career where success comes late, and comes slowly, and you ease…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/i-think-it-s-a-great-handicap-to-be-discovered-at-an-early-age-i-didn/)

[Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/)

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## More by Philip Glass

> [I, as a young guy getting out of music school, I didn't like the prospect of spending my life writing music for about 200 people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/i-as-a-young-guy-getting-out-of-music-school-i-didn-t-like-the/)

[Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/)

> [My biggest problem about writing is whenever I write piano pieces, because I then have to learn to play them, which is sometimes not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/my-biggest-problem-about-writing-is-whenever-i-write-piano-pieces/)

[Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/)

> [In order to arrive at a personal style, you have to have a technique to begin with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/in-order-to-arrive-at-a-personal-style-you-have-to-have-a-technique/)

[Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/)

> [I think it's a great handicap to be discovered at an early age. I didn't have that burden of early success. I had the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/i-think-it-s-a-great-handicap-to-be-discovered-at-an-early-age-i-didn/)

[Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/)

> [I don't know what I'm doing and it's the not knowing that makes it interesting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/i-don-t-know-what-i-m-doing-and-it-s-the-not-knowing-that-makes-it/)

[Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/)

> [It takes about a year to write an opera for me, but not a really a year of writing. I'm touring at the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/it-takes-about-a-year-to-write-an-opera-for-me-but-not-a-really-a/)

[Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/)

> [I don't think I'm capable of making radical changes, but over a period of four or five years you can perceive very big changes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/i-don-t-think-i-m-capable-of-making-radical-changes-but-over-a-period/)

[Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/)

> [You practice and you get better. It's very simple.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/you-practice-and-you-get-better-it-s-very-simple/)

[Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/)

> [ The generation of composers that are just preceded me, people like \[Karlheinz\] Stockhausen, \[Pierre\] Boulez, and, well, \[John\] Cage for that matter,\[Morton\] Feldman ...… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/the-generation-of-composers-that-are-just-preceded-me-people-like/)

[Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/)

> [The hardest thing about traveling is that mostly you get to a point - and it always happens on every tour - where you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/the-hardest-thing-about-traveling-is-that-mostly-you-get-to-a-point/)

[Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/)

> [I travel the world, and I'm happy to say that America is still the great melting pot - maybe a chunky stew rather than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/i-travel-the-world-and-i-m-happy-to-say-that-america-is-still-the/)

[Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/)

> [Traditions are imploding and exploding everywhere - everything is coming together, for better or worse, and we can no longer pretend we're all living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/traditions-are-imploding-and-exploding-everywhere-everything-is/)

[Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/)

> [The work I've done is the work I know, and the work I do is the work I don't know. I don't know what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/the-work-i-ve-done-is-the-work-i-know-and-the-work-i-do-is-the-work-i/)

[Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/)

> [I'd say it's just part of the world that we live in; it's part of the music world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/i-d-say-it-s-just-part-of-the-world-that-we-live-in-it-s-part-of-the/)

[Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/)

> [There's almost no content in terms of language at all. I don't like using language to convey meaning. I'd rather use images and music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/there-s-almost-no-content-in-terms-of-language-at-all-i-don-t-like/)

[Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/)

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