Author: John Tavener

Quotes

I've got great joy from rediscovering Western music. I love Schumann and Chopin, and those amazing symphonies of Bruckner.

I've got great joy from rediscovering Western music. I love Schumann and Chopin, and those amazing symphonies of Bruckner.

- John Tavener

My consultant keeps telling me sudden death could come at any moment.

My consultant keeps telling me sudden death could come at any moment.

- John Tavener

I don't think Beethoven expresses religious truth. He expresses a human truth.

I don't think Beethoven expresses religious truth. He expresses a human truth.

- John Tavener

I think there will always be a possibility that God doesn't exist because He is infinitude and into that infinitude must come that possibility.

I think there will always be a possibility that God doesn't exist because He is infinitude and into that infinitude must come that possibility.

- John Tavener

Every time I have a hit, I buy a Rolls.

Every time I have a hit, I buy a Rolls.

- John Tavener

My way towards God has been to write music.

My way towards God has been to write music.

- John Tavener

Suffering is a kind of ecstasy in a way. Having pain all the time makes me terribly, terribly grateful for every moment I've got.

Suffering is a kind of ecstasy in a way. Having pain all the time makes me terribly, terribly grateful for every moment I've got.

- John Tavener

I don't hate pop music. I liked the Beatles, but then, I knew them.

I don't hate pop music. I liked the Beatles, but then, I knew them.

- John Tavener

I think I've been very lucky all my life because the writing and the faith seem to go together.

I think I've been very lucky all my life because the writing and the faith seem to go together.

- John Tavener

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