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

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.

We don't want other people poking into our artistic pie.

I just wish, maybe, that I'd started conducting earlier. I was about 40 when I started. Apart from that I don't really have any regrets. Is that bad?

If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it.