Once you get over the first hill, there is always a new, higher one lurking, of course.

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

Of course performing talent, that's clear. Maybe this is not so well-known among young people who are interested in music, who are talented in music, but they're trying to figure out how to go about it.

There is such a suspicion in today's world of people who do more than one thing, who aren't specialized.

The Royal Festival Hall in London is nice; people hang out there. I think this inviting, non-exclusive character is very important.

The underlying process in Northern music tends to be slower and continuous, whatever's happening on the surface; in Southern music the underlying process is always faster.

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