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 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.

In America, they have this nauseating habit of calling the conductor 'maestro'. I always slightly gag when the cor anglais player goes, 'Maestro, can I discuss bar 19 with you?'

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