It's been a thrilling journey - I have had to really learn that an orchestra is an entity - it's a creature. I have been calling it the dragon and the conductor is the dragon tamer. And you just have to ... ride and don't let go and you will be fine.

When one doesn’t want the limelight, but is also creative in developing whatever it is they are, then you can have two equal people that aren’t competing against each other. I think when you are in the same field, it’s difficult to leave it outside and not compete. Then when the doors are closed, that pervades everything.

I think that other people covering my work is really exciting... Im really open to that kind of thing because I think interpretation is an art form.

And is it right, butterfly, they like you better framed and dried?

I found the secret to life: I'm ok when everything is not ok.

I think there's a time as a writer when you want to see the best things in life, and you go out wherever you go with your dreams as a writer or a composer.

I find that in the 21st century, there's not a lot of compassion for what other people are going through or the walk that they have to walk.