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It's so easy for all the success in the world to suddenly end, and I'm quite aware of that.

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Once or twice, I've taken the Gideon Bible out of the drawer, opened it at random, and found myself stuck in the middle of a genealogical list. And that's when I thought: why not cherry-pick the best bits, passages that people can actually use?

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I've twice been on the point of giving up my performing career to train for the priesthood.

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To me, the heart of the ministry lies in being able to help deeply distressed people, not because of your own qualities but because you represent Christ.

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I once nodded off during one of my own concerts. While I was playing.

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All things of beauty can speak to us of God, and I'm very happy to listen to and be inspired by people of every religious background.

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I didn't want to look back in 10 or 20 years and say, 'Yes, I always wanted to write that piano sonata or that novel, but I never had time.'

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Schubert, Franck, and Liszt were all Roman Catholics who questioned or doubted or lived in different ways, and religion was certainly part of all their lives.

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It's very hard to come up with ideal situations... With different moods and the difficulties of traveling around, I often play my best under the worst conditions.

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Debussy is one of the few composers who actually created a new sound on the piano - or perhaps we should say a new smell, so perfumed are the vibrations which emanate from the instrument.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Composer

Born: November 22nd, 1961

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