I Think That Of My 21 Symphonies,

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.

There Is Nothing Like Practice.

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.

It's Hard For Me To Think Of Others Because I'm Not Particularly In Sympathy With The Music Of This Century.

I Did All Kinds Of Things In Order To Earn A Living.