Music Really Is Our Daily Medicine.

Percussion Is Physical, As Most Instruments Are. The Body Must Function Well In Order To Play The Instruments Well. Last Year I Climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.

If We See Someone In A Wheelchair, We Assume They Cannot Walk. It May Be That They Can Walk Three, Four, Five Steps. That, To Them, Means They Can Walk.

A Large Part Of My Work Has Been Collaborating With Composers; I Think We've Commissioned About 140 Pieces Now, A Lot Of Them Percussion Concertos.

A Lot Of Things Which Come With A High Profile Will Always Be Criticised One Way Or Another.

Concerts Have To Be Seen As A Real Event For Which The Aim Is To Try And Feed Everybody.