Author: Richard Rodney Bennett

Quotes

People ask what was the first piece of music I wrote. There was no first piece.

People ask what was the first piece of music I wrote. There was no first piece.

- Richard Rodney Bennett

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.

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.

- Richard Rodney Bennett

I wanted to write music, and cook, and play cards, and have a nice time.

I wanted to write music, and cook, and play cards, and have a nice time.

- Richard Rodney Bennett

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 you show an aptitude.

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 you show an aptitude.

- Richard Rodney Bennett

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