What we hear is the quality of our listening.

Linguistic philosophers continue to argue that probably music is not a language, that is in the philosophical debate. Another point of view is to say that music is a very profound language.

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.'

Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.

The science is in knowing; the art in perceiving.

My life has improved so much since I stopped doing interviews.

I couldn't concentrate on music. So I made the choice to give up my career as a musician in the frontline to deal with the business.