Richard Rodney Bennett Quotes
- I was a catastrophe at Science and Games, but the good thing about Quaker schools is that they encourage you in those subjects for which…
- I wanted to write music, and cook, and play cards, and have a nice time.
- People ask what was the first piece of music I wrote. There was no first piece.
- I just scribbled away and eventually a C-major chord was there. I didn't ever decide I was going to be a composer. It was like…
- Being on a musical quest was something I always enjoyed.
- I hated teaching composition. I was playing music I didn't particularly want to play, being on committees I didn't want to be on.
- When I came across something I liked, I wanted to find out as much as I could about it. This was as true of hearing…