The first music I was exposed to was Stravinsky and I loved it but I don't remember it.
Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made.
I always look at the work of fashion designers as if they were art.
The musical equivalent of St Pancras Station. (on Elgar)
What I never overcame is a kind of shyness.
An orchestra full of stars can be a disaster.
I would like to have directed Hollywood musicals in the '40s and '50s.
I once went through the dustbin outside David Bowie's house.
I haven't had a family, but I don't think of that as a sacrifice: my dancers are my family.
Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition.
It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.
Tonight I'm going to listen with my ears.
I was born in France. I grew up in Africa.
Basically speaking, conducting is quite a healthy profession.
Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.
The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.
Music is meant to be a beautiful thing.
All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world.
Music is the message of peace, and music only brings peace.
No matter what you write or choreograph, you feel it's not enough.
The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience.
