"Yohji, how about we destroy the traditions of the opera together?"
That was the line that brought me around.

Discussing opera costumes next to Heiner Müller, right. "If you fail, there will be a storm of boos," I was warned. "They'll throw raw eggs and tomatoes at you." (Photo courtesy of Yohji Yamamoto)
Challenging Wagner at Bayreuth with Heiner Müller and losing 3 million yen