‘Keep on keeping on and be happy along the way. The journey isn’t always easy but it should bring you happiness.’
Rachel Portman OBE, composer
Follow your creative passion with determination; no creative endeavour is ever wasted.
Mark Lewis, composer
Try to make musical statements that are true to you. Don’t write or play to impress or show off.
Trish Clowes, saxophonist and composer
stay joyful in one’s music-making
Nina Feric, composer & pianist
I have no “recipe” for my creative process. It all depends on my mood, on the situation, on the circumstances. I usually like to “isolate” myself, to enjoy the silence and the nature.
Benjamin Zander, conductor
The conductor doesn’t make a sound. Their power comes from their ability to make other people powerful. Once I got that, I knew that my job was to awaken possibility in other people.
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