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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
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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
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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
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If you have more money than you need, you have to give it away. It's a duty. I get to choose whom to sponsor, and I like to give to the areas that I know something about.
Gordon Getty
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Either your understanding of the meaning of music is there from the beginning or it is not.
Gordon Getty
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It's true that I tend to daydream. I'm the same person in business as I am in music: I can be distracted and absentminded. It's my style.
Gordon Getty
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My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I have 19th-century ideals.
Gordon Getty
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I've had every advantage in the world, despite the 18 years of silence which were nobody's fault but mine.
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There is no change - I'm as deep or as shallow as I ever was. What's new is on-the-job experience. This is what you gain with years.
Gordon Getty
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My father was so much more than an accomplished businessman.
Gordon Getty
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I personally do not write highbrow music. If I do, it's by accident.
Gordon Getty
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