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I'd say we do reach somewhat of a younger audience, but I think for the most part that younger audience is picking our music up from a brother or sister or even parent, who is turning them onto the band.

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

I think, in music, you're always hoping that you'll have a like-minded audience and that the music you like making will appeal to them, too.

You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.

I think my primary audience is in some sense an adult audience, because I think that will then have a knock-on effect for children.

The audience, they're not professionals. They just love music. It isn't necessary to play over their heads to be admired.

As far as doing TV, I do think there's a big audience out there that could enjoy classical music, but they don't know how to find it, and sometimes by doing different things... crossover things probably make up about 5% of what I do.

Although I do feel that with a show like ours we ourselves are getting a lot more young listeners at concerts.

I guess I would definitely feel a bit of a void in what people are getting from music these days. And I think that the problem lies not so much on the listener. People kind of listen to what is presented to them, whether it be on the radio or at a local venue.

The power of sound to put an audience in a certain psychological state is vastly undervalued. And the more you know about music and harmony, the more you can do with that.