British - Composer | November 22, 1961 -
I don't think of faith as something that's like a rock, that never changes. I think it's something that's very fluid, always changing.
Stephen Hough
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I wanted to be a disc jockey.
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I like the extras in life. Concentrating on serious things doesn't mean you can't also enjoy the lighter ones.
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There are many doors to the heart.
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I love my painting - it fills me with passion. But it's not something I expect anyone else to love.
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I can admire music where you feel the composer has everything organized and perfectly shaped, but it doesn't touch me. I like to feel that a composer is wounded, like all of us.
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There's certainly no doubt that commercialism has entered classical music to such a degree that almost no one seems to care anymore about the physical and mental health of the performer.
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If you arrive at a concert ready to play your piece, that's not nearly good enough. You must have your music ready to the point where you can play it on a short rehearsal, after a long plane flight, on a strange piano, having had an unpleasant lunch, in an unfriendly atmosphere. You have to be so over-prepared that you can cope with anything.
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It's so easy for all the success in the world to suddenly end, and I'm quite aware of that.
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Once or twice, I've taken the Gideon Bible out of the drawer, opened it at random, and found myself stuck in the middle of a genealogical list. And that's when I thought: why not cherry-pick the best bits, passages that people can actually use?
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I've twice been on the point of giving up my performing career to train for the priesthood.
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To me, the heart of the ministry lies in being able to help deeply distressed people, not because of your own qualities but because you represent Christ.
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