"Everyone says you have to be a specialist, and if you conduct Wagner you cannot conduct Mozart - this is nonsense."

"Fight the tendency to become complacent and do one kind of music - that is the death of a musician."

"In my orchestra, I hate slackness, idle talk and lost time. I always hated this and still hate it. But I can achieve …"

"Between the two men, somewhere, a truth is lying, and that is what I try to find."

"Charlie Rose: What's your favorite symphony in the world now? Sir-"

"Georg Solti: There isn't any. There isn't any for me. This is a question for amateurs. Amateurs have favorite symphon…"

"[On the 2026 Gorton and Denton by-election] I'll be totally honest, when I heard Andy Burnham wasn't being selected, …"

"Whether we're talking about the cost of living crisis, whether we're talking about the genocide in Gaza, or generally…"

"[On standing as a parliamentary candidate] I have lived in London for more than 20 years. As soon as a by-election co…"

"[On drug legalisation] I've actually never taken a drug in my life, or even drunk alcohol, but I still don’t sit here…"