Phrase by 'John Tavener'

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The path I follow is still an Orthodox path. You have to follow a path; otherwise, it becomes a little bit new-age, a bit of this, a bit of that.

Author: John Tavener - British Composer
  You , Path , Still , Follow


In his late quartets, Beethoven introduces an element that shouldn't be there, that should be left for meditation, though I love them. I can see that through them came Wagner and Mahler and Schoenberg and Berg. And then came Tracey Emin. And I can see it all as one downward path.

Author: John Tavener - British Composer
  Love , See , I Can , Path


My way towards God has been to write music.

Author: John Tavener - British Composer
  Music , Way , God , Write


I think there will always be a possibility that God doesn't exist because He is infinitude and into that infinitude must come that possibility.

Author: John Tavener - British Composer
  Always , Think , Will , God


I think I've been very lucky all my life because the writing and the faith seem to go together.

Author: John Tavener - British Composer
  Life , My Life , Together , Faith


I've always been aware of mortality because I've always had ill health most of my life.

Author: John Tavener - British Composer
  Life , Always , My Life , Health


I don't hate pop music. I liked the Beatles, but then, I knew them.

Author: John Tavener - British Composer
  Music , Hate , Beatles , Pop


I used to think there was something dirty about being paid for something which is a sacred thing to do. I can't disconnect the act of writing music from the act of prayer. If anyone tries to stop me working, it feels like someone is trying to stop me from taking communion.

Author: John Tavener - British Composer
  Music , Me , Think , Prayer


Hildegard von Bingen conveys spiritual ecstasy, if we're talking of Western music. What bothers me about Western music is that it doesn't have an esoteric dimension in the way the music of the East has, whether it be Byzantine chant, the music of the Sufis, or Hindu music.

Author: John Tavener - British Composer
  Music , Me , Way , Spiritual


I don't think Beethoven expresses religious truth. He expresses a human truth.

Author: John Tavener - British Composer
  He , Think , Truth , Human


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