I didn't get where I am today by being timid, young man.

I think the voice does that perfectly adequately without being imitated by other instruments.

A kind of synthesis, but with some elements that perhaps you wouldn't have expected in advance. I always like that when that happens, when something comes that is more than the sum of the parts.

There are many of these apparent philosophical paradoxes or contradictions which don't concern me anymore.

There's an institution here called the National Sound Archive, and there's a character who works there, Paul Wilson. He takes a very special interest in the history of the music and advised Martin Davidson of the existence of these tapes.

So in the sense that we were all dealing with that freer approach, yes, it was certainly one of the first contacts, perhaps the first contact, when Peter came that summer. So it's a very pivotal moment that is documented there.

To speak about notation as the only way that you can guarantee structure of course is already very suspect.