One of the things that touches me most when I play for an audience is that although we may be unable to… — Stephen Hough Friends Copy Share Image
Unlike sport, music is not about winning or keeping fit or promoting your town or school; it's about celebrating, to a level… — Stephen Hough Human Copy Share Image
In Britten or Berg, there's a tension between the sweet and the sour, between the familiar and the unfamiliar, the tonal and… — Stephen Hough Anything Copy Share Image
The things I do outside of playing the piano are done out of an inner necessity, not just because I want to… — Stephen Hough Done Copy Share Image
There are artists who delight listeners with their wild and daring individuality; there are others who uncover the written score with reverence.… — Stephen Hough Art Copy Share Image
They both changed the way we hear the sound of the piano, both of them inventors of sonority: Chopin took bel canto… — Stephen Hough Deep Copy Share Image
Classical music thinks in centuries, not four-year terms. — Stephen Hough Classical music Copy Share Image
I was such a lazy teenager: I didn't read or play the piano beyond the bare minimum. — Stephen Hough Beyond 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 Genius Copy Share Image
Before the 20th century, to be a successful musician was merely to be one who was employed. A few, such as Liszt,… — Stephen Hough Choice Copy Share Image
In school, my favourite class was when we were given a subject for an essay on which we could freewheel. And poetry:… — Stephen Hough Loved Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen Hough Ideas 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 Admire Copy Share Image
I was out of the U.K. as a care-free, fun-loving student for much of Mrs. Thatcher's time in Downing Street, and as… — Stephen Hough Internet Copy Share Image
Before Liszt, a conductor was someone who just facilitated the performance, who would keep people together or beat the time, indicate the… — Stephen Hough Music Copy Share Image
There's certainly no doubt that commercialism has entered classical music to such a degree that almost no one seems to care anymore… — Stephen Hough Classical music 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
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
I've loved Alfred Cortot's playing from an early age, and I never tire of hearing his recordings, particularly Chopin and Schumann from… — Stephen Hough 1920s Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a monk at some time in my life, or a priest, so there was a kind of reflex… — Stephen Hough Early Copy Share Image
In every generation, politicians let us down, but music can lift us above the fighting and the mistakes. It does not offer… — Stephen Hough Fighting Copy Share Image
I've twice been on the point of giving up my performing career to train for the priesthood. — Stephen Hough Career Copy Share Image
In superficial terms, to have an orchestral career is to be better than others, or at least to be chosen over others… — Stephen Hough Better Copy Share Image
Brahms is life-changing every time. And though I love him, I can't say that about Mompou. — Stephen Hough About Copy Share Image
There must be so many people who have various artistic talents that, for whatever reason, just have no way of expressing them.… — Stephen Hough Art Copy Share Image
