"I personally do not write highbrow music. If I do, it's by accident"
- Gordon Getty
About this Quote
This quote by Gordon Getty suggests that he does not purposefully write music that is thought about to be of a higher intellectual level. He implies that if he does compose music that is considered to be highbrow, it is not intentional and is simply a result of his imaginative procedure. This could be interpreted as a modest statement, as he is not declaring to be a master of highbrow music, but rather that he is open to the possibility of creating music that is of a greater intellectual level. It might also be interpreted as a declaration of confidence in his own imaginative process, as he is suggesting that he is capable of producing music that is of a higher intellectual level, even if it is not his intention.
This quote is written / told by Gordon Getty somewhere between December 20, 1934 and today. He/she was a famous Businessman from USA.
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