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I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either.

Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.

And what classical music does best and must always do more, is to show this kind of transformation of moods, to show a very wide psychological voyage. And I think that's something that we as classical musicians have underestimated.

When you hear Bach or Mozart, you hear perfection. Remember that Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were great improvisers. I can hear that in their music.

Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.

Many classical musicians lack pulse and rhythmical strength and precision, so for us it was very important to acquire and learn those.

It's interesting about classical music that the more you hear something, the more you get to know a piece, the better and better it gets, period, which is just an interesting thing on it.

I am not doing something that it is experimental music in relation to classical music.

Classical music is something that we're very passionate about, but we always thought it was presented in a stuffy way.

The interesting thing about improvisation is you're making something up in front of the audience. Now music helps you out a little bit because you have an instrument that'll separate you from the audience.