Out of silence is born concentration, and from that comes learning. — Stephen Hough Born Copy Share Image
The 'Rhapsody' has a lean, modern, American feel about it, whereas with Rachmaninoff's second and third concertos, you feel very much you're… — Stephen Hough American Copy Share Image
In the bit of painting that I've done, I'm interested in colour and texture. I'm very interested in transparency. — Stephen Hough Colour 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
My principal commitment is playing the piano. But I always loved words. — Stephen Hough Always Copy Share Image
No two composers were more totally at home in front of the piano than Debussy and Chopin, hands to keys to strings… — Stephen Hough Hands Copy Share Image
It's so easy for all the success in the world to suddenly end, and I'm quite aware of that. — Stephen Hough Aware Copy Share Image
If you are not living in the same area when you are looking for property, it is a nightmare because you come… — Stephen Hough Come Copy Share Image
If you arrive at a concert ready to play your piece, that's not nearly good enough. You must have your music ready… — Stephen Hough Good Copy Share Image
At moments of acute joy or sorrow, men and women throughout history have sung or reached for musical instruments to express the… — Stephen Hough History Copy Share Image
I was only listening to rock music, burning joss sticks in my bedroom, wanting only to be a disc jockey, and watching… — Stephen Hough Listening Copy Share Image
Unlike a high-wire walker, I don't think any musician strikes the wires of a piano or draws a bow across a violin's… — Stephen Hough Broken 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
Live in the present moment. The past and future are nonexistent. Only the present can be grasped or, better, embraced. — Stephen Hough Future Copy Share Image
Playing the piano is incredibly personal... But when it's your own piece, it's doubly so. — Stephen Hough Own 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
Learning great works like the Liszt Sonata or Beethoven's 'Hammerklavier' should be a struggle to a certain extent, where you need to… — Stephen Hough Brain Copy Share Image
I just found the piano so fascinating and wonderful, and I begged my parents to buy me one. In the end, they… — Stephen Hough End Copy Share Image
To me, the heart of the ministry lies in being able to help deeply distressed people, not because of your own qualities… — Stephen Hough Being Copy Share Image
I'm not really a professional composer; I just compose now and then when someone asks me to. — Stephen Hough Me Copy Share Image
