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Richard Rodney Bennett Quotes

I wanted to write music, and cook, and play cards, and have a nice time.

"A life in music: Richard Rodney Bennett". Interview with Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2011.

People ask what was the first piece of music I wrote. There was no first piece.

"A life in music: Richard Rodney Bennett". Interview with Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2011.

I hated teaching composition. I was playing music I didn't particularly want to play, being on committees I didn't want to be on.

"A life in music: Richard Rodney Bennett". Interview with Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2011.