Looking for inspiration in expression, I have actually always looked to singers and violinists. I have never really looked only at the recorder as a remedy for my expressions.

To me, the advantage of the recorder is that it is so natural. I love the fact that it is just a piece of wood, that there are almost no mechanics involved.

Each composer has their own language, and I try to meet the challenges, even if at first sight, they appear impossible.

Composers often think in terms of music and not of an instrument itself.

My father is a violinist and my mother is a pianist, so I've been hearing music all my life. I started playing at three and had my first music teacher at five.

It is important to note that the world changes and that perception of music changes as well.

Denmark is, of course is very much like Germany: in terms of culture, the same kind of thinking, etc.

I've always been very inspired by people who can make their instrument sound very natural.

You need to express things stronger today, more so than in the Baroque time, and you need to expand the expressiveness of the instrument.

Many people used to call me a child prodigy, but I never thought that. I knew that I had learned everything, that I had very good circumstances.

Of course, the recorder will never have the repertoire of the piano or the violin.

Space is for everybody. It's not just for a few people in science or math, or for a select group of astronauts. That's our new frontier out there, and it's everybody's business to know about space.

All flesh doth frailty breed!

Ours is a lost generation, it may be, but it is more blameless than those earlier generations.

I know that the purpose of life is to understand and be in the present moment with the people you love. It's just that simple.

Passion is the relentless pursuit of those life-enhancing activities or experiences that give our souls meaning.

I used to buy lottery tickets every week until I realised you could watch it on TV for nothing.

Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.

It's gut instinct that helps me determine how to write a story. I love the surreal because I am faced with the challenge of making the unbelievable believable. That challenge is thrilling.

The waiting is the hardest part.

The idea of abolishing Income Tax is to me highly attractive, both on other grounds and because it tends to public economy.