I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a Mozart of rock music.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For anyone who doesn't have that connection with Mozart, I urge those people to go and find some of his music, because it can quite genuinely make you just glad to be alive.
It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.
My parents loved classical music. And my father adored Mozart. But for some reason, I always had a reaction against it.
It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year.
My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was so young that, for me, his music has been a way for me to get to know him better.
If Mozart were around now he would write a killer rock song.
All great composers of the past spent most of their time studying. Feeling alone won't do the job. A man also needs technique.
I don't think anyone can measure up to what my father had achieved. I'm just happy to at least play some of his music, but he is really the one who was the pioneer, the one who started all this. He's really The King.
It's an extraordinary thing about Mozart is that you never tire of him... he never bores me, and he doesn't... not only bore me, that's too strong a word.
Mozart is my first strength.