If we always thought like that, why would we study physics, why would we think of cosmology, why would we do any kind of research? Because we know already so much that there is no one person who can contain all that information.

I actually don't like this term, "classic." It's wrong, but we don't have a better word at the moment.

The philharmonic became such a journey and adventure in my life, and a deeply satisfying thing.

I love a visceral sound, the kind that hits you in the belly.

The Northern idea of form is more of a process. The various units of the form overlap. You can't tell where some things stop and new things start. This is typical of Sibelius.

Our industry [classic music] has kind of retarded into this kind of endless cover-producing thing, and it's a pity.

Sometimes you spend nine months, 10 months, a year writing a piece that you will hear two years later or something like that, and you never see anybody. It's a very different sort of metabolic.