One thing I’ve tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Harrison Birtwistle, Music Is, Writing, 0 - Harrison Birtwistle Copy
The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Harrison Birtwistle, Different, Opera, Stories, 0 - Harrison Birtwistle Copy
The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Harrison Birtwistle, Influence, 0 - Harrison Birtwistle Copy
I think there are influences that you open the door to, and influences that come under the door. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Harrison Birtwistle, Doors, Influence, 0 - Harrison Birtwistle Copy
My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Harrison Birtwistle, Ideas, Musical, Opera, 0 - Harrison Birtwistle Copy
Remember that credit is money. Explain - Benjamin Franklin Founding Father of the United States · USA
I won’t go to places where you’re going to find more attention. I go to the opposite. - Penelope Cruz Actress · Spain
A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army. - Orson Welles Actor, director, producer, writer · USA
Benefits should be granted little by little, so that they may be better enjoyed. Explain - Niccolò Machiavelli Politician and philosopher · Italy
The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning. - A. B. Yehoshua Novelist
People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh. - 1st Earl of Salisbury Politician · England
We should not pray for God to be on our side, but pray that we may be on God’s side. - Billy Graham Evangelist · USA
