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Peter Maxwell Davies

"I know what I want at least, and the older I get I think I'm better at getting it out of players and singers."

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"I know what I want at least, and the older I get I think I'm better at getting it out of players and singers."

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"But you can't really know your audiences so well."
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"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 occasion."
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"Recently I've been participating in radio and television talk programs doing broadcasts and conferences, and shooting my mouth off and really going to town."
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"You don't underestimate either players or audience in any circumstances."
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