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

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.

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.

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.

Country music has to evolve in order to survive.

I know it's an experience that I need to have if God's putting me through it.

I put a lot of pressure on myself, but I also have what I call an X-factor.

It isn't the ups and downs that make life difficult; it's the jerks.

I think I have a great temperament.

There's not much out there that people are fighting for that leaves them with nothing but honor.

That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been.

Sunset is so marvellous that even the sun itself watches it every day in the reflections of the infinite oceans!

The death of an illusion tends to disconcert.

If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.