"Elliott Carter does not write the kind of……" — Andre Previn
"Elliott Carter does not write the kind of music that the kids go off to school whistling."
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Andre Previn
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12 Quotes by Andre Previn
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If you're going to do good work, the work has to scare you.
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There are a million things in music I know nothing about. I just want to narrow down that figure.
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You can chase a Beethoven symphony all your life and never catch up.
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I found that jazz musicians, possibly more than their classical counterparts, wear long-standing friendships easily and gracefully.
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At MGM, you knew you were going to be working next year; you knew you were going to get paid.…
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John Williams is, without question, talented. He writes very good scores and very good melodies and all that.
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I run around so much that I finally reasoned that composing is the one musical endeavour which you can do…
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I stuck around in Hollywood for too long. I was there a long time, and when I left, I was…
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I have a great many shortcomings, but writing for something on time has never bothered me.
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I admire Elliott Carter endlessly. But I have no ambitions to emulate him.
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A Beethoven symphony should be rehearsed like chamber music, only for a lot more people.
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