Misbehave more beautifully; more often.

I listen to music all the time, and I just choose things I like, or things that I've not used before. Sometimes I work with music that's very difficult - that I don't even particularly like, per se, but that is really complex or interesting.

Misbehave more beautifully; more often.

I am now obsessed with the technology of the body. I think it's the most technologically literate thing that we have.

I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go.

My influences change all the time; they have to remain current, because they're the things that capture your imagination and make you want to go into the studio.

I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.