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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maxwell-davies/i-know-what-i-want-at-least-and-the-older-i-get-i-think-i-m-better-at/)

[Peter Maxwell Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maxwell-davies/)

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## More by 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 make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maxwell-davies/the-establishment-in-britain-is-certainly-against-the-arts-and/)

[Peter Maxwell Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maxwell-davies/)

> [You can't pander to your audience. You might in the short term, but ultimately you can't hoodwink them, either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maxwell-davies/you-can-t-pander-to-your-audience-you-might-in-the-short-term-but/)

[Peter Maxwell Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maxwell-davies/)

> [What they can expect always is that they're going to be made to think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maxwell-davies/what-they-can-expect-always-is-that-they-re-going-to-be-made-to-think/)

[Peter Maxwell Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maxwell-davies/)

> [The demands are related to their questing of the best possible out of the people concerned. It's this going for the highest possible factor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maxwell-davies/the-demands-are-related-to-their-questing-of-the-best-possible-out-of/)

[Peter Maxwell Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maxwell-davies/i-know-what-i-want-at-least-and-the-older-i-get-i-think-i-m-better-at/)

[Peter Maxwell Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maxwell-davies/)

> [I'm not actually teaching any more, but I am writing pieces for schools all the time, and for kids.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maxwell-davies/i-m-not-actually-teaching-any-more-but-i-am-writing-pieces-for/)

[Peter Maxwell Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maxwell-davies/)

> [If you don't get feedback from your performers and your audience, you're going to be working in a vacuum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maxwell-davies/if-you-don-t-get-feedback-from-your-performers-and-your-audience-you/)

[Peter Maxwell Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maxwell-davies/there-s-no-card-business-card-better-than-a-compact-disc-for-a/)

[Peter Maxwell Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 to town.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maxwell-davies/recently-i-ve-been-participating-in-radio-and-television-talk/)

[Peter Maxwell Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maxwell-davies/)

> [At the moment, in Britain we're facing such enormous cutbacks in education programs and music programs and art programs that you feel you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maxwell-davies/at-the-moment-in-britain-we-re-facing-such-enormous-cutbacks-in/)

[Peter Maxwell Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maxwell-davies/)

> [I'm very interested, for instance, in music in education - getting young people not only to listen to, but participate in the music that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maxwell-davies/i-m-very-interested-for-instance-in-music-in-education-getting-young/)

[Peter Maxwell Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maxwell-davies/)

> [The present government is very insistent that business sponsorship should replace government sponsorship of the arts. Business sponsorship won't happen unless you make tax…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maxwell-davies/the-present-government-is-very-insistent-that-business-sponsorship/)

[Peter Maxwell Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maxwell-davies/)

> [I don't see how they can with most of my pieces, but I think it's unfortunate that they can through familiarity with flashy performances…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maxwell-davies/i-don-t-see-how-they-can-with-most-of-my-pieces-but-i-think-it-s/)

[Peter Maxwell Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maxwell-davies/)

> [But when you get a bit older, and I hate to use the word, quite a bit more established, people take more notice and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maxwell-davies/but-when-you-get-a-bit-older-and-i-hate-to-use-the-word-quite-a-bit/)

[Peter Maxwell Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maxwell-davies/)

> [An audience shouldn't listen with complacency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maxwell-davies/an-audience-shouldn-t-listen-with-complacency/)

[Peter Maxwell Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maxwell-davies/)

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