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People ask me whether I'm religious. Well, in a certain way, I am.

~Gian Carlo Menotti

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I loathe my body. The liver spots, the sagging flesh.

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One lived in the impression that nobody could ever compete with the 'Nutcracker' or 'A Christmas Carol.'

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Writing beautiful melodies is not fashionable because it is very difficult to do.

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God gives you the gift of melody or He doesn't - it's as simple as that.

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I really don't think I have that much of the gift; I have a little bit, but I wish I were Schubert or Chopin or Beethoven, though Beethoven had a very difficult time writing melody, too.

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It takes a Bobby White to make a tired 90-year-old composer write a song about love.

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I have always felt that art, especially music, is but a demonstration of God.

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A Schubert song, the A-major chord at the opening of Wagner's 'Lohengrin' - such incredible beauty is a mystery, the divinity of music.

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I should have worked harder in my life. I suffer from a guilt complex.

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Composer

Born: July 7th, 1911

Died: February 1st, 2007

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