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

Recently I've been participating in radio and television talk programs doing broadcasts and conferences, and shooting my mouth off and really going t…

- Peter Maxwell Davies

If you aim at anything lower that is expecting your audience to be really alert and aware, then you're going to be caught out sooner or later as a co…

- Peter Maxwell Davies

The present government is very insistent that business sponsorship should replace government sponsorship of the arts. Business sponsorship won't happ…

- 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