Nicolette, Kendalle, and Alexandra are my children. Their mother, Cynthia Beck, and I, love them very much.
From Gordon Getty
The Getty family has been fully supportive throughout this situation, and for that, I am very grateful.
When my opera Plump Jack was performed in 1989, my first piano teacher sent me something that I'd composed when I was four. I remember I played it, and it still sounded like me. I'm the same composer I was then.
I feel that I belong to the 19th century. Some composers' music is very topical. It almost says, 'This is about what I read in newspapers yesterday.' Not mine.
My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I have 19th-century ideals.
I want to make the world better.
I don't think events in your life affect your music.
Either your understanding of the meaning of music is there from the beginning or it is not.
There is no change - I'm as deep or as shallow as I ever was. What's new is on-the-job experience. This is what you gain with years.
I'm a terrible singer, but it helps when I have to call a taxi.
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