The 'Missa Mirabilis' is a big work which was conceived for a large organ and a lot of singers. — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
In anything, there has to be that moment of fasting, really, in order to enjoy the feast. — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
I was such a lazy teenager: I didn't read or play the piano beyond the bare minimum. — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
I love my painting - it fills me with passion. But it's not something I expect anyone else to love. — Stephen Hough Artist 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 Artist Copy Share Image
Food waste is an atrocity that is reducible, if not completely avoidable. — Stephen Hough Food Copy Share Image
Debussy is one of the few composers who actually created a new sound on the piano - or perhaps we should say… — Stephen Hough Debussy Copy Share Image
If they say they don't like the way I play Beethoven, then I can swallow that, and maybe they're right. But if… — Stephen Hough 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 Copy Share Image
Whether such socialism is foolish naivety or heroic idealism is a matter of opinion, but what is certain is that, however many… — Stephen Hough 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
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
The Internet tempts us to think that because an email or a new website can be accessed in seconds that everything works… — Stephen Hough Art 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 Debussy 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 Conductor 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 Copy Share Image
If 'ecstasy' means to stand outside ourselves, then what better ambition can there be as we wait in the wings of the… — Stephen Hough Ambition 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
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 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 Downing street 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
I enjoy painting. It's an incredible release of tension, and I feel very excited doing it. I squeeze out some wonderful red… — Stephen Hough Artist 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 Copy Share Image
All things of beauty can speak to us of God, and I'm very happy to listen to and be inspired by people… — Stephen Hough Beauty Copy Share Image
The hierarchy is set out for me. The first priority is piano. I have to be 101 percent prepared. I find that… — Stephen Hough Creative juices 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 Alienation Copy Share Image
I haven't studied theology in any systematic way. I don't think I'd find certain subjects - canon law, for instance - terribly… — Stephen Hough 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 Copy Share Image
Why do people compose music? Why do people listen to music? When we go into a concert, we go into a place… — Stephen Hough Experience Copy Share Image
I don't think of faith as something that's like a rock, that never changes. I think it's something that's very fluid, always… — 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
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
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
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'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 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
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 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
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
