Music is a performance and needs the audience.

When we use terms we get confused, yet we have no other way.

I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.

Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance.

The Greek sculptor - I don't think he was very different from any of us.

Beethoven suppressed everything, his personal life disappeared until he was locked inside. That is a figure quite extreme.

Public notice does not necessarily accord with internal fulfilment.