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I hated teaching composition. I was playing music I didn't particularly want to play, being on committees I didn't want to be on.

- Richard Rodney Bennett

Music, Play, Particularly, Committees

I was a catastrophe at Science and Games, but the good thing about Quaker schools is that they encourage you in those subjects for which you show an aptitude.

- Richard Rodney Bennett

Subjects, About, Which, Aptitude

When I came across something I liked, I wanted to find out as much as I could about it. This was as true of hearing Hoagy Carmichael for the first time as it was later when I first heard Boulez.

- Richard Rodney Bennett

Something, Could, About, Hearing

I just scribbled away and eventually a C-major chord was there. I didn't ever decide I was going to be a composer. It was like being tall. It's what I was. It's what I did.

- Richard Rodney Bennett

Away, Like, Going, Tall

The different parts of my career seemed to take part in different rooms, albeit in the same house. It was just the way things were and I didn't actually think much about it at the time.

- Richard Rodney Bennett

Career, Think, Seemed, Rooms

I wanted to write music, and cook, and play cards, and have a nice time.

- Richard Rodney Bennett

Music, Play, Wanted, Cards

Being on a musical quest was something I always enjoyed.

- Richard Rodney Bennett

Always, Being, Musical, Quest

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