When I analyse the music, I can get really extreme.

I abhor the words 'classical music.' Few things satisfy me more than a really good cover version.

Classical music has become rarefied, like a maiden aunt that nobody wants to talk to.

I want people to hear really exciting music played by the best, but in a context where they can clap when they want to, chase their toddlers, drink beer, take photos, get lost in the music and generally be themselves. And because a field has no rules, it's the perfect place to create unlikely combinations of musical genres.

I'd like to explode a few myths about what we call classical music. It's not high art for the titillation of a chosen few.

I have loads of issues with the way classical music is presented. It has been too reverential, too 'high art' - if you're not in the club, they're not going to let you join. It's like The Turin Shroud: don't touch it because it might fall apart.