The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: 'What are we going to do in five years' time?' A completely different attitude.
Harrison BirtwistleThis sounds horribly pretentious, but I like to think that if music hadn't existed, I could have invented it.
Harrison BirtwistleMy operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.
Harrison Birtwistle