Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is.

Once you get over the first hill, there is always a new, higher one lurking, of course.

There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will.

Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity.

As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to B, has become foreign.

The act of conducting in itself, of waving my arms in the air and being in charge, I didn't miss. I missed the sensual pleasure of being in contact with music.

My music wouldn't sound the way it does if I hadn't had the experience of conducting.

Pulse as an active means of expression, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the two masters of that.

This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience.

I discovered that the people of the North are different and there's no way you can make a person from the North similar to a Southerner. They're two different worlds.

I feel very free and very happy to be a composer.

Part of water which is cooler always flows to below surface.I understand that hotheaded men always want to be noticed.

Anger will always stand in the way of your dreams. Don't let anyone take your dreams.

I want to be remembered as someone who tried their best and hopefully succeeded.

Now more than ever the world needs love, not just a slogan.

Nelson Mandela stands as an inspiration to us all

There are certain things men will never understand about women. We'll never get it. And you're supposed to be nice to them. Because they can hurt you.

Being a teenager is as difficult as living with one. And we've all been there. Perhaps that's the reason we're so hard on them.

Chameleons feed on light and air: Poets food is love and fame.

My mother's love was really not based on attachment. Her love was genuine love. To make me happy, not how I will make her happy.

Each of the actors is quite different, but they're all living in the same world.