The routine is as much a part of the creative process as the lightening bold of inspiration, maybe more. And this routine is available to everyone.

I always find that the best collaborations are when you work with people that know what they're doing, and you leave them alone to do it.

Well, Mozart is extraordinary not only in that he became virtuoso along the lines of his father, but that he had that compositional gift, that melodic gift. By the time he was four, he was doing piano concertos with harmony in the background.

You double your intensity with skill.

More often than not I've found, a rut is a consequence of sticking to tried and tested methods that don't take into account how you or the world has changed.

Art is an investigation.

As people who have commitments and obligations, we try to blockade emotions and go on our course towards excellence, and that's a lie. I've definitely paid a price. Everything is an exchange.