I hate playing the piano! And it's so hard to fight for Beethoven's soul! But that's what I have to do!

There's always blood on the carpet when I play Beethoven at the piano. I hate playing the piano! And it's so hard to fight for Beethoven's soul! But that's what I have to do!

I play the piano and have been playing since I was 7, mainly classical Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart.

I admire Tom Ades: he's a brilliant conductor, and he gets just the right hard, brilliant sound from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for Russian music.

Life is Like a Piano,, and Im Playing Beethoven...

I was thinking, 'What next? I just kept playing hard.