Normally classical music is set up so you have professionals on a stage and a bunch of audience - it's us versus them. You spend your entire time as ….

Because I was a chemistry student and was never supposed to be a musician, I always felt like I was an outsider looking at music going "Why is this i….

One minute I was a clapped-out, two-guinea, legal-aid lawyer and the next minute I was in parliament..

I think, when you're a young composer, you're told constantly that what you're supposed to do is figure out what your voice is. "What is your thing s….

Having music in the schools, having art in the schools, having art in your life, should not be heroic. It should be every day. Having things we've pa….

I think it's important to remember that an artist could be at the center of healing our problems because, every day, that's what we do. Every day, ou….