To me, atonality is against nature. There is a center to everything that exists. ALAN HOVHANESS AgainstAtonalityCenterEverything
I found a greater identity with my own emotions in the Armenian culture as I grew older. ALAN HOVHANESS CultureFoundGreaterGrewOlderOwn
As well as from the beginning, although I didn’t know anything about it. ALAN HOVHANESS AnythingFrom Beginning
It’s hard for me to think of others because I’m not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century. ALAN HOVHANESS CenturyHardOftenParticularThink
Well, my grandfather was a minister and sort of Protestant, and this was rather depressing to me. ALAN HOVHANESS DepressMinisterProtestantRatherWell
My purpose is to create music not for snobs, but for all people, music which is beautiful and healing. ALAN HOVHANESS Snob
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. ALAN HOVHANESS FiveMoveSometimesSpent
