British - Composer | November 22, 1961 -
The things I do outside of playing the piano are done out of an inner necessity, not just because I want to try my hand at different things.
Stephen Hough
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I would do a sort of violence to myself if I didn't express myself in the directly creative ways of writing, both words and music.
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In school, my favourite class was when we were given a subject for an essay on which we could freewheel. And poetry: I've always written it and loved the way words interact, in meaning and in sound.
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There must be so many people who have various artistic talents that, for whatever reason, just have no way of expressing them. Either they have no support from their family or they live in a part of the world, maybe they've never heard a piano or seen a piano.
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I think there are very few people that I would give the title of genius to, really, but Beethoven unquestionably is one of them.
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If I'm walking along the street, ideas come. Ideas about things that I'm interested in. I've jotted them down in the past on bits of paper and then, more recently, on apps in my phone. I've always written poetry since I was a kid.
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For about four years, all I did was watch television. I suppose my parents should have stopped me.
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Most people spend their life trying to get away from Catholicism. Amazingly, I chose it.
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Brahms is life-changing every time. And though I love him, I can't say that about Mompou.
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I enjoy painting. It's an incredible release of tension, and I feel very excited doing it. I squeeze out some wonderful red paint, and I get a thrill. My heart starts beating faster. It's almost a sensual thing working with these thick acrylic paints. I almost want to put my hands in.
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America has been central to my life.
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A priest once said to me, 'Think of a priest going to the altar as you walk out on the stage.' I would hate to think that anyone thought I was coming to preach. But art and music open up things that you can't put into words. It's about bringing joy when you go out there.
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