“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.” PeopleBeautifulSpiritPurposeSoundHealingPainterChineseMelodyResonanceSnob Author:Alan Hovhaness
“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.” PeopleWellsFineMinistersGrandfatherDepressingMy GrandfatherProtestantsScots Author:Alan Hovhaness
