Joanna MacGregor - School Quotes

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I didn't go to school until I was 11. On your own you develop imagination.

Joanna MacGregor

School was strange, rather amusing - with a teacher standing at the front telling you what to write. The camaraderie was interesting. I tend to remember the things you can't recreate on your own - queuing up for your dinner, learning team games, which were a complete mystery to me. I remember having to pretend I knew how to play hockey, that kind of thing. The Mail on Sunday - 06/02/2000

Joanna MacGregor

I have absolutely no difficulty in coming out and saying Bach and Beethoven are great composers. You must school young people into great classical music, but you must also allow them to hear other music as well. At one point classical music colonised the high ground. Now we're reaping the backlash for that.

Joanna MacGregor

I wasn't part of that hothouse thing. I didn't go to the Yehudi Menuhin school. I grew up with the idea of trying to make music available to people of all abilities. The Guardian - 26/05/2000

Joanna MacGregor