Looking for inspiration in expression, I have actually always looked to singers and violinists. I have never really looked only at the recorder as a remedy for my expressions.

Denmark is, of course is very much like Germany: in terms of culture, the same kind of thinking, etc.

My father is a violinist and my mother is a pianist, so I've been hearing music all my life. I started playing at three and had my first music teacher at five.

I think that today, in Europe at least, people don't tend to think so much about the instrument that is producing the music; they are more interested to see if the musician actually has something to say.

To me, the advantage of the recorder is that it is so natural. I love the fact that it is just a piece of wood, that there are almost no mechanics involved.

You need to express things stronger today, more so than in the Baroque time, and you need to expand the expressiveness of the instrument.

Composers often think in terms of music and not of an instrument itself.