What We Hear Is The Quality Of

My Life As A Professional Musician Is A Joyless Exercise In Futility.

Discipline Is Never An End In Itself, Only A Means To An End.

What Has Changed In 40 Years? It’s Very Simple: 40 Years Ago There Was A Market Economy. Today There Is A Market Society – Today Everything, Including Ethics, Has A Price.

The Only Reward The Musician Receives Is Music: The Privilege Of Standing In The Presence Of Music When It Leans Over And Takes Us Into Its Confidence. As It Is For The Audience. In This Moment Everything Else Is Irrelevant And Without Power. For Those In Music, This Is The Moment When Life Becomes Real.

If You Are Playing Repertoire Material, You're Stuck. There's Not Huge Amounts You Can Do.