I'm very interested, for instance, in music in education - getting young people not only to listen to, but participate in the music that I write. I c…

- Peter Maxwell Davies

There’s no card, business card, better than a compact disc for a composer. It doesn’t half impress people and they get a long way on it ... these com…

- Peter Maxwell Davies

The establishment in Britain is certainly against the arts and against education. If something doesn't make a profit, it's invalid, and art doesn't m…

- Peter Maxwell Davies

I'm obviously very keen on the theater and I think it's inevitable that some of the orchestral and chamber pieces have got dramatic elements which mi…

- Peter Maxwell Davies

You don't underestimate either players or audience in any circumstances.

- Peter Maxwell Davies

I'm not actually teaching any more, but I am writing pieces for schools all the time, and for kids.

- Peter Maxwell Davies

You can't pander to your audience. You might in the short term, but ultimately you can't hoodwink them, either.

- Peter Maxwell Davies

An audience shouldn't listen with complacency.

- Peter Maxwell Davies

I recently did a piece for the Boston Pops and John Williams, and I hope that it's as well a composed piece as I've ever done for any other medium or…

- Peter Maxwell Davies