Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.

So I've never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking.

Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti.

Taste is changing, style is changing, and players' abilities are changing.

There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.

If we perform the romantic repertoire we need more musicians.

One of the great virtues, apart from the pleasure of performing these works, is that it's opened up an entirely new, expansive repertoire of American Jewish music.

One thing we were looking for from the start was players who really fit together, who sounded in tune.

We don't want other people poking into our artistic pie.

I think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own.

So in one leap we had gone from being a friendly society to something almost professional.

Before, we may have taken part in it without even thinking it was American Jewish, but in this case, I think, you have now perhaps pointed us in a direction of a new interest in this repertoire.

But the most important test is to take them on tour and see if you can bear to spend time with them.

Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now.

The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less.

Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.

This American Jewish music is a new experience for us at least consciously.

As you know, there are certain languages that lend themselves very easily to vocal use.

If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it.

I would like new people with new ideas to come into it and change it.

I think we were all frustrated with our daily routine.

Initially we performed in halls with capacities of 1,000.

So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well.

I would rather be an independent senator, governed by my own views, going for the good of the country, uncontrolled by any thing which mortal man can bring to bear upon me, than to be president of the United States, put there as presidents of the United States have been for many years past.

Truth only reveals itself when one gives up all preconceived ideas.

We don't leave home without my daughter's doll La-La. She looks like a bit of a rag, but India is obsessed with her.

The damage caused by corruption is just as real in Angola and Azerbaijan as it is in Atlanta and Albuquerque, and it's our obligation to advance the rule of law wherever our laws apply.

I'm not just a cuckolded wife.

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt faced adversities that, in their times, seemed impregnable. Great presidents overcome great odds.

I'm not one of those shoppers where I go to a store and I'm like, trying it on, I'm not sure, 'Oh, can you put this on hold?' No. It's either love it or hate it. And it's the same way with scripts. I usually know within the first 10 pages. If I don't latch into it by then, then it's not going to happen.

Disaster comes only because of ignorance.

I have to own something before I can say it, and I have to own it before I can sing it as well, emotionally. I only enjoy acting and singing if I am believing what I am doing.

Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.

I mean, Internet radio, which is basically a guy with his iTunes putting it over the computer, is the only way you're going to get true eclectic music programmed.

Burberry makes the best version of the traditional trench coat, which can have a zipper and button-in lining for colder climes. The belt, which comes standard, should never be buckled but must be casually knotted at the waist.

I'm not one of those people who needs that gratification of doing, like, 10 films a year.

I think a lot of people would rather have more control over their life than less.

I used to hate any batsman who would not get out in my deliveries.

Adventure may hurt you but monotony will kill you.

Marriage is about love, not gender.

I have no definite talent or trade, and how I stay alive is largely a matter of magic.

I think maybe the rural influence in my life helped me in a sense, of knowing how to get close to people and talk to them and get my work done.

The reason why there is more pessimism about technology in Europe has to do with history, the use of databases to keep track of people in the camps, ecological disasters.

We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.

By trying to advance the perfect conservative solution, nobody wins.

'Frankenstein' feels like an ancient tale, the kind of traditional story that appears in many other forms.

I love all Puerto Rican food. I love rice and beans. I like anything with steak, chicken, pork. But I like chocolate and potato chips, too. I eat that when my wife goes away and isn't looking.