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Clothing
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Nov 07, 2020

I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.

Childhood
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Nov 07, 2020

I was born in Somerville, but I don't remember very much about it because we moved from there to Arlington when I was five years old, and it was in Arlington that I spent most of my childhood.

Mother
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Nov 07, 2020

My mother's background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some of whom had come over from Scotland.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

This is not to say that the Scots are not fine people, but they were all sort of... well, my grandfather was a minister and sort of Protestant, and this was rather depressing to me.

Culture
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Nov 07, 2020

I found a greater identity with my own emotions in the Armenian culture as I grew older, as well as from the beginning, although I didn't know anything about it.

Good
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Nov 07, 2020

I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way.

Living
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Nov 07, 2020

I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living.

Lost
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Nov 07, 2020

No, no, I didn't know him. He lost his mind around 1917 because of the tragedy of the Armenians.

Music
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Nov 07, 2020

It's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century.

Fireplace
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Nov 07, 2020

There were periods when I sometimes made fires in a large, open fireplace that lasted about two weeks, which was how long it took to burn my compositions. So there has been an awful lot that I have destroyed.

Nothing
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Nov 07, 2020

There is nothing like practice.

Own
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Nov 07, 2020

I think that of my 21 symphonies, each has its own place.

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