Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.

There are all kinds of things that can be done. You can change rhythms, you can change chords, you can change whole concepts. But it will only work, on a record or in a performance, if you can make the people buy it.

Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world.

It's a new dawn, it's a new day...and I'm feeling good.

I don't like drug addicts and she sounds like a cat.

I love the classics but there are many new ideas to be made into reality. I'd rather be concerned with my own thing. There are many masters of classical piano so I'll leave it to them.

When I choose material for an album all these songs I grew up with pour into my head.