Ludovico Einaudi

“You can create something strong in art with a few notes. It is like how Aboriginal drawings have a simplicity that is incredibly rich.”

“My mother played piano at home; she came from a musical family. Her father, who I never met, was a conductor and composer.”

“The creative process of composing music has always fascinated me.”

“I feel today, with all the possibilities we have in our hands, all the new technology at our disposal, everything is becoming obvious. Nothing is surprising. You can see beautiful things on Instagram, but there is something that doesn't touch you deeply. Everything is normal, while there's nothing that grabs you and turns you upside down.”

“Every time I start a new work, I try to be different and to start with a new perspective, so I search for a new idea, something which gives me a new way to access my creativity.”

“Music is an intrinsic part of life; therefore, it is important to transport different forms of artistic expression, science, and mathematics into compositions.”

“In rock music, you have a big success before you turn 30, then there is sort of a decay. Then there is the reunion, and everyone is waiting to hear what you were doing when you were 20, and nobody cares what you are doing at 50 or 60. But the more I continue, the more I produce, the more I play every year in bigger places.”

“I spent one year being very poor at home with my piano, and nobody was calling me, but I had space to think about things on my own and find out exactly what I wanted to do.”

“The Arctic Ocean is completely unprotected, so technically, people can do with it whatever they like.”

“Sometimes you cannot produce a specific sound you want with, say, a guitar or piano, and you simply need to use electronic elements.”

“I like music that expresses what I think.”

“All my life, my heart has felt closer to rock n' roll.”

“I like to keep changing because discovery is always interesting.”

“I express myself using my classical skills to write more complex forms of popular music.”

“On every new project, I try to write in a different way and see if there's a new side of myself I haven't explored.”

“I don't crave acceptance in the classical world.”

“Now anybody can make music at home, and you can hear music on any computer without having to buy it. Everything is apparently better with all the machines we have now, but at the same time, the quality of life is not improving.”

“I wanted to be a rocker and photographer and tour the world!”

“I love to go to the bar close by for a good espresso and have a chat with the bartender.”

“I was a teenager, and I started to go to high school, and it was a disaster!”