If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many times, they can play it in their sleep. Does the genius remain present in the music or not?

Performance is a vehicle for entering different worlds of experiencing.

Use your ears to record and your eyes to video.

I recommend my students not to be professional unless they really have to be. I tell them, 'If you love music, sell Hoovers or be a plumber. Do something useful with your life.'

Business logic and musical logic are utterly incompatible.

I'm not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state.

Music is the cup which holds the wine of silence.