You can't pander to your audience. You might in the short term, but ultimately you can't hoodwink them, either.
Peter Maxwell DaviesI recently did a piece for the Boston Pops and John Williams, and I hope that it's as well a composed piece as I've ever done for any other medium or occasion.
Peter Maxwell DaviesAt the moment, in Britain we're facing such enormous cutbacks in education programs and music programs and art programs that you feel you are knocking your head against a brick wall.
Peter Maxwell Davies