#v

Nobody believes it, but I slept on a futon till I was 13. ↗

— Balthazar Getty

#i #nobody #slept #till

Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background or any musical talent. They liked classical music, but neither could carry a tune. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#background #both #carry #classical #classical music

I do not think that music keeps evolving. It evolved through Bach; since then, in my humble opinion, all the innovations added nothing. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#bach #evolved #evolving #humble #humble opinion

But that private world, once it's dramatised, doesn't live again until it finds a reader. ↗

— John McGahern

#finds #live #once #private #private world

The important part of the present development is the anti-capitalist sentiment that is permeating our people. ↗

— Gregor Strasser

#important #our #our people #part #people

I see only adaptations - not revolutions. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#i see #only #revolutions #see

I was in Paris at an English-language bookstore. I picked up a volume of Dickinson's poetry. I came back to my hotel, read 2,000 of her poems and immediately began composing in my head. I wrote down the melodies even before I got to a piano. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#before #began #bookstore #came #composing

I've had every advantage in the world, despite the 18 years of silence which were nobody's fault but mine. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#despite #every #fault #had #i

I've managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of course, music helped me - music is all about civilization, about something worthwhile. It's all about ideas. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#civilization #course #curse #dodge #family

You don't build your character by doing what everybody else is doing. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#character #doing #else #everybody #everybody else