To Me, Atonality Is Against

I Was Much More Interested In The Orchestra Than The Piano, But I Did Become Fairly Proficient As A Pianist And My Teachers Felt I Had Talent And Wanted Me To Become A Good Concert Pianist And Earn My Living That Way.

My Purpose Is To Create Music Not For Snobs, But For All People, Music Which Is Beautiful And Healing. To Attempt What Old Chinese Painters Called 'spirit Resonance' In Melody And Sound.

This Is Not To Say That The Scots Are Not Fine People, But They Were All Sort Of... Well, My Grandfather Was A Minister And Sort Of Protestant, And This Was Rather Depressing To Me.

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

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.