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Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle, is a British composer.

✵ 15. July 1934
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Famous Harrison Birtwistle Quotes

“I like to think that if music hadn't existed, I could have invented it.”

Harrison Birtwistle

Interviewed by Dan Warburton, July 8, 1995. http://www.paristransatlantic.com/magazine/interviews/birtwistle.html

“My attitude to writing is.. it's like when you do wallpapering, you know, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet, you think: "Oh my God that's horrible…" And then your friends come and say: "Who did this wallpapering? It's terrific!"”

Harrison Birtwistle

Interviewed by Dan Warburton, July 8, 1995. http://www.paristransatlantic.com/magazine/interviews/birtwistle.html

“Composing's not voluntary, you know. There's no choice, you're not free. You're landed with an idea and you have responsibility to that idea.”

Harrison Birtwistle

In The Observer, April 14, 1996.

“My attitude to writing is.. it's like when you do wallpapering, you know, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet, you think: "Oh my God that's horrible..."”

Harrison Birtwistle

And then your friends come and say: &quot;Who did this wallpapering? It&#x27;s terrific!&quot; <br class="br">Interviewed by Dan Warburton, July 8, 1995. http://www.paristransatlantic.com/magazine/interviews/birtwistle.html

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