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
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
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
Schubert, Franck, and Liszt were all Roman Catholics who questioned or doubted or lived in different ways, and religion was certainly part… — Stephen Hough Different ways Copy Share Image
Bach and Beethoven erected temples and churches on the heights. I only wanted to build dwellings for men in which they might… — Stephen Hough Dwellings 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 love listening to things like those wonderful piano pieces of Stockhausen. It's just not my thing as a composer or performer,… — Stephen Hough Goodness 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
My place in London is very small, so a piano would take up a third of the room. I leave home in… — Stephen Hough Door 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
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
At moments of acute joy or sorrow, men and women throughout history have sung or reached for musical instruments to express the… — Stephen Hough Emotional 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 Always 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
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
Many people who don't like Rachmaninov's style consider the 'Rhapsody' his masterpiece. It's written fantastically well for orchestra and piano. He combines… — Stephen Hough Deep 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 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
Most people are at a concert because they want to be inspired, entertained, moved; we musicians have the mission to be bringers… — Stephen Hough Concert Copy Share Image
