The theatre only knows what its doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years time? A completely different attitude. – Harrison Birtwistle
Im not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. Ive never had that attitude to music. – Harrison Birtwistle
When I was confronted with official tuition, the academic thing, I could see no relationship whatever between that and the music Id been writing since I was 11. – Harrison Birtwistle
My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that dont meet. And then your friends say: Its terrific! – Harrison Birtwistle
So Ive seen life as one long learning process. And if I see – you know, if I fly on somebody elses airline and find the experience is not a pleasant one, which it wasnt in – 21 years ago, then Id think, well, you know, maybe I can create the kind of airline that Id like to fly on. – Richard Branson