Music is a performance and needs the audience.

Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance.

Public notice does not necessarily accord with internal fulfilment.

I'm outside the music I've made. I have no interest in it.

I can't satisfy myself with just trying to tie all of my imagination into music, especially when music is not appreciated as an art form as much as it used to be.

I do love doing films; I love going out and creating different characters for each film, and not having to be stuck with one role for many, many years. It's a creative liberty that I love.

You don't look at a painting and ask if the artist was gay or straight. I think it's irrelevant in any situation - I don't care if my garbageman is gay or straight as long as he picks up the garbage.

Writing is more about imagination than anything else. I fell in love with words. I fell in love with storytelling.