It's better to finish at the peak or soon after it, than to wait until the audience notices a decline..

I played cello in my high school orchestra..

The way to compose for me is to have lots of time..

I am a classical music lover - not necessarily the contemporary stuff, but the old stuff..

In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found that the majority of musicians couldn't bear tha….

I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of mu….

If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not guaranteed. To make a record without a musical rea….

On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful p….

There are always some doubts when you do a new album though. You wonder whether you succeeded or not, especially when you waited as long as I did for….

When I think back now to the recording sessions, there is more improvisation than one hears. It's an ideal combination of arrangements and improvisat….

Whenever I release a record, it's my record. It's not a selfish thought. I may work all year 'round for other people. So, finally, when I come out wi….

When I started to pick up the bass, it was purely by random chance..

I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50….

The problem is that I don't want to add another record to the world that is not necessary to be published, except to make some business. There has to….

It is probably very necessary to present your ego at some point..

On the other hand, I'm very tolerant as well. I expect that everybody can play what they want. I'm only not tolerant when it comes to myself and what….

As a result, I had to get my own playground which was my band Colours. This band lasted for about eight years and then the air was out of it and it w….