As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.
I always sang, I always acted, I always played.
I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.
I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route.
When something is moving you get that intake of breath and that stillness from the audience.