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

I'm outside the music I've made. I have no interest in it.

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.

Poetry is fascinating. As soon as it begins the poetry has changed the thing into something extra, and somehow prose can go over into poetry.

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

Shakespeare fascinated me. He hardly ever left the country. His imagination was worldwide though reading.

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