I wanted to be a monk at some time in my life, or a priest, so there was a kind of reflex… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
I was very quick; I did nothing but play the piano apart from being at school. I was at home with my… — Stephen Hough Fresh air Copy Share Image
I didn't want to look back in 10 or 20 years and say, 'Yes, I always wanted to write that piano sonata… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
It's very hard to come up with ideal situations... With different moods and the difficulties of traveling around, I often play my… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
I think there are very few people that I would give the title of genius to, really, but Beethoven unquestionably is one… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
I've always written - about music, art, things going on around the world. The danger is that it becomes too personal. I… — Stephen Hough Around the world Copy Share Image
I don't watch television! At least not when I'm traveling. For some reason, I have always found it depressing to watch television… — Stephen Hough Hotel Copy Share Image
I think it all comes from the same source, really, the writing of music, the writing of words, the playing of music.… — Stephen Hough Art Copy Share Image
Discovering how to spend leisure time well, especially during a time of austerity, could be as important in the effort to reduce… — Stephen Hough Effort Copy Share Image
A priest once said to me, 'Think of a priest going to the altar as you walk out on the stage.' I… — Stephen Hough Art Copy Share Image
I remember, in school during English lessons, I would ask the teacher what were the most difficult books to read, and when… — Stephen Hough Books Copy Share Image
My place in London is very small, so a piano would take up a third of the room. I leave home in… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
I think the actual art of expressing yourself is a very important part of being human. And an important part of being… — Stephen Hough Art Copy Share Image
I want music to move me, and I don't think it can do that without at least a link to tonality. It's… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
Where prominent writers are expected to have a socially, politically responsible voice, musicians sometimes find meaning only in the voice which produces… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
Restaurants should be forced to recycle their leftovers for animal consumption - and should create fewer leftovers in the first place. — Stephen Hough Animal Copy Share Image
Life is an incurable disease leading to death, but it's also an unrequested gift, which, if we can manage to keep giving… — Stephen Hough Death Copy Share Image
I would do a sort of violence to myself if I didn't express myself in the directly creative ways of writing, both… — Stephen Hough Music Copy Share Image
I can admire music where you feel the composer has everything organized and perfectly shaped, but it doesn't touch me. I like… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
