Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes

You can't pander to your audience. You might in the short term, but ultimately you can't hoodwink them, either.

Peter Maxwell Davies

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 8, 1934

Topics

ShortYouAudienceYourEitherThem

I need a consistency of my moods if there is to be any consistency in my style. I can't attempt to write always in the hollow flux of desperation and incipient terror.

Jim Carroll

StyleConsistencyNeedDesperation

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

Joan Chen

TeenDesireRunAwayTeenagers

I was a mathematician by nature, and still am - I just knew I didn't want to be a mathematician. So I decided not to take any mathematics courses.

Stephen Sondheim

NatureMathematicsWantTakeJust

I was really into Radiohead and Live.

St. Lucia

LiveReallyRadiohead

I've been vegan since I got out of the hospital... It's another eye opener. It changed my life in a number of ways.

Travis Barker

LifeEyeMy LifeHospitalOutVegan

You can think you know somebody. But when they're trying to punch you in the face, you really know somebody. You learn their tendencies.

Michael Pena

FaceThinkLearnTryingYouKnow

Steven and I have worked together a lot and I'm far ahead of the curve than most people in knowing what he wants, but he knows far more than I know about what's important for the story. So, most of the changes he will make will involve story changes.

Dennis Muren

TogetherPeopleStoryKnowImportant

Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary's.

Desmond Dekker

FatherMotherMeTakenThenMary

I was always out playing sports in situations that didn't matter with my friends.

Christian Pulisic

SportsFriendsMatterAlwaysOut

There are works of fiction which seek to explain jihadi terrorists as the militant wing of Amnesty International. I don't buy that.

Chris Morris

ExplainFictionBuySeekWingWorks

Part of Obamacare eliminated the private sector financial market that engages in giving college student loans. I mean, now the federal government has taken over college student loans, so I sit back and strategically look at this and say this just cannot be happening.

Allen West

GovernmentCollegeFinancialGiving

If blockchain technologies ignore the eventuality of standards, we are going to see less adoption. Maybe we should think of the blockchain as a public-good utility and encourage an evolution that is not unlike the Internet's in terms of openness and neutrality of access.

William Mougayar

ThinkInternetIgnoreEvolutionSee

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