Poland is different from the other so-called socialist countries. We have a different background. Poland belongs to the West, not the East.… — Krzysztof Penderecki Belong Copy Share Image
In summer, I like to sit and compose on the porch, where I can see people come and go. — Krzysztof Penderecki Come and go Copy Share Image
I have always had an audience for my music, even in the very avant garde, crazy times. — Krzysztof Penderecki Always Copy Share Image
I used to do most of my composing at a little table in a cafe. Composing for 52 instruments, I had to… — Krzysztof Penderecki Cafe Copy Share Image
I don't believe in a composer who is only able to compose, who can't play or conduct, can only use a computer.… — Krzysztof Penderecki Believe Copy Share Image
I'm not a minimalist, not at all. I feel much better, safer even, having a large piece. — Krzysztof Penderecki Better Copy Share Image
The isolation of Eastern Europe actually helped me to be so original. I couldn't travel so much, I had to find my… — Krzysztof Penderecki Eastern europe Copy Share Image
For years, my favorite composers had been Monteverdi and Bach. Then I began to rediscover the 19th century, see it from another… — Krzysztof Penderecki Another Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Threnody,' then I wrote several works where I changed my music completely. — Krzysztof Penderecki Changed Copy Share Image
After so many years, I don't really think writing has to be absolutely new. No. It has to be good work. — Krzysztof Penderecki Good Copy Share Image
So many new things have been discovered in the 20th century that now, at the end of the century, we need some… — Krzysztof Penderecki End Copy Share Image
I think in work like 'Passion According to St Luke,' which I wrote when the Church was being persecuted by the Communist… — Krzysztof Penderecki Church Copy Share Image
There is something about performing my own music, and other people's music, that gives me pleasure. I think I learn more by… — Krzysztof Penderecki Education Copy Share Image
Our house was in the middle of town; behind it was the ghetto, from which Jews were sent to concentration camps. — Krzysztof Penderecki Behind Copy Share Image
Poland is my home, my roots are here. There is nowhere I would rather live. — Krzysztof Penderecki Home Copy Share Image
I have found my perfect place on earth in Poland, in Luslawice, near Krakow. — Krzysztof Penderecki Earth Copy Share Image
Poles have a mistrust of the West and an even deeper mistrust of the East. — Krzysztof Penderecki East Copy Share Image
I take commissions because I know I'll have to get up early in the morning and work. — Krzysztof Penderecki Early Copy Share Image
Listening to classical music is like reading philosophy books. Not everybody has to do it. — Krzysztof Penderecki Books Copy Share Image
I think the best publicity I can get for my music is to conduct it. — Krzysztof Penderecki Best Copy Share Image
Writing music is something very natural... this is the way to communicate with other people. — Krzysztof Penderecki Music Copy Share Image
My music is rather abstract and maybe even strange-sounding for some people, so maybe that's why it's been used in so many… — Krzysztof Penderecki Abstract Copy Share Image
That is our dilemma in Poland. We don't like to be ruled by the East. — Krzysztof Penderecki Dilemma Copy Share Image
