I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music.
There is no 'perfect' in music. If I ever came off the stage and felt it could not be better, it would then be time to quit.
I've come to the conclusion that a long, personal relationship is next to impossible for me. Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.
I have been long associated with British music. I have favoured it as my alternate music next to American.
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 feel most like myself... after I run - I go out for five miles every morning.
I'm not particularly impressed with going 50 miles per gallon. That doesn't impress me when we can go to the moon.
It is simple nonsense to speak of the fixed tempo of any particular vocal phrase. Each voice has its peculiarities.
A pat on the back, through only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, is miles ahead in results.
People talk about the plots and what happened, and they see your tricks a mile away.
The only very rugged part of the route is in crossing the Big Horn mountain, which is about 30 miles wide.
I have had bullets flying at concerts, but I don't want to talk about that.
I am jealous of all those people who live on the shore of Dal Lake.
I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!
Atonement was powerful; it was the lock on the door you closed against the past.
Suffering ceases to be suffering when we form a clear picture of it.
I grew up as a sports fan, and I know that a hall of fame is very different than an award for being the best of the year. It's a nod to the longevity of our accomplishment.
So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well.
So I've never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking.
The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less.
In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, a bill opening one half million square miles of territory in the western United States for settlement.
