Author: Gordon Getty

Quotes

If you have more money than you need, you have to give it away. It's a duty. I get to choose whom to sponsor, and I like to give to the areas that I know something about.

If you have more money than you need, you have to give it away. It's a duty. I get to choose whom to sponsor, and I like to give to the areas that I know something about.

- Gordon Getty

Nicolette, Kendalle, and Alexandra are my children. Their mother, Cynthia Beck, and I, love them very much.

Nicolette, Kendalle, and Alexandra are my children. Their mother, Cynthia Beck, and I, love them very much.

- Gordon Getty

My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I have 19th-century ideals.

My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I have 19th-century ideals.

- Gordon Getty

There is no change - I'm as deep or as shallow as I ever was. What's new is on-the-job experience. This is what you gain with years.

There is no change - I'm as deep or as shallow as I ever was. What's new is on-the-job experience. This is what you gain with years.

- Gordon Getty

I personally do not write highbrow music. If I do, it's by accident.

I personally do not write highbrow music. If I do, it's by accident.

- Gordon Getty

I just have to take my chances like any other composer.

I just have to take my chances like any other composer.

- Gordon Getty

Either your understanding of the meaning of music is there from the beginning or it is not.

Either your understanding of the meaning of music is there from the beginning or it is not.

- Gordon Getty

It's true that I tend to daydream. I'm the same person in business as I am in music: I can be distracted and absentminded. It's my style.

It's true that I tend to daydream. I'm the same person in business as I am in music: I can be distracted and absentminded. It's my style.

- Gordon Getty

I feel that I belong to the 19th century. Some composers' music is very topical. It almost says, 'This is about what I read in newspapers yesterday.' Not mine.

I feel that I belong to the 19th century. Some composers' music is very topical. It almost says, 'This is about what I read in newspapers yesterday.' Not mine.

- Gordon Getty

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