The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less.

As you know, there are certain languages that lend themselves very easily to vocal use.

Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now.

I think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own.

If we perform the romantic repertoire we need more musicians.

Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.

There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.