The feelings of being in the audience and being on the podium are very far apart. When you're onstage and something goes wrong, you can do something about it. In the audience, you just have to sit there, and if… — George Benjamin Copy Share Image
It it's true that fastidiousness and attention to detail is very much in my genes - if you knew my parents, you'd see that… — George Benjamin Copy Share Image
When you love a teacher very much - as I did Olivier Messiaen - you do have to leave them.One of the things that… — George Benjamin Copy Share Image
Concerts are dangerous because anything can happen - which is one of the joys as well. — George Benjamin Copy Share Image
I began conducting when I was in school, around age 12, because I was writing little theater pieces and wanted to perform them. And… — George Benjamin Copy Share Image
The feelings of being in the audience and being on the podium are very far apart. When you're onstage and something goes wrong, you… — George Benjamin Copy Share Image
When I lose direction, it becomes very hard to write. I actually get a physical pain, as if my subconscious knows better. That may… — George Benjamin Copy Share Image
I always say that I can help someone who can already compose, but if they can't, I can't help them. I can advise on… — George Benjamin Copy Share Image
The London music world isn't a particularly cohesive place. And when I'm composing, I'm not very friendly. I need isolation. — George Benjamin Copy Share Image
I get nervous before I conduct a concert, but then you just go out there and do it. — George Benjamin Copy Share Image
It's not only that I want to get things right when I'm composing but that my imagination often gets lost, and then I have… — George Benjamin Copy Share Image
