I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.
And over the last ten years, after my work with the Brodsky Quartet, I had the opportunity to write arrangements for chamber group, chamber orchestra, jazz orchestra, symphony orchestra even.
There are many critics who have an idealised version of where my strengths lie.
Good manners and bad breath will get you nowhere.
Serious music usually doesn't pay.
These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.