I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from England.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
To find a new British composer who is really good is rare.
I have been long associated with British music. I have favoured it as my alternate music next to American.
I respect the British a lot - their history, their past, their culture. I think it's beautiful, what they have with the monarchy.
Well, American composers are the best composers. At this time in the world, we are where the energy is. We are the most diverse, the most iconoclastic, the most maverick, and the most skillful.
I think there's a quality of passion to the American actor. I'm certainly attracted to it, and I like to hope that underscoring it is a characteristic of my work. That quality is certainly also present in some British actors, but I tend to feel the mechanical and intellectual process is dominant in the British.
I rate Morrissey as one of the best lyricists in Britain. For me, he's up there with Bryan Ferry.
I have always felt an excellent rapport ever since my very first concert in Britain at Hampton Court. I have always felt understood. The British understand opera very well.
I consider myself a composer.
I have tremendous respect for film composers.
I had found English audiences highly satisfactory. They are the best listeners in the world. Perhaps the music-lovers of some of our larger cities equal the English, but I do not believe they can be surpassed in that respect.