I like music that expresses what I think. — Ludovico Einaudi

My music comes from my personal background. — Ludovico Einaudi

I don’t like the idea of ‘classical crossover,’ even if sometimes I see this category given to what I’m doing. — Ludovico Einaudi

I prefer to play in smaller venues because I like the intimacy, the connection with the audience. — Ludovico Einaudi

I have always loved composers who have been connected with folk traditions of popular music. — Ludovico Einaudi

The great art of the past became great because it started to go out of the perimeters that defined art and defined new territories. — Ludovico Einaudi

I grew up partially with classical music but listened to a lot of rock when I was young–I like acoustic, and folk from Mali and Armenia and Turkey. — Ludovico Einaudi

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. — Ludovico Einaudi

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. — 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. — Ludovico Einaudi

I was completely anxious when I was young. — Ludovico Einaudi

I was a teenager, and I started to go to high school, and it was a disaster! — Ludovico Einaudi

Doing the Five Tibetan Rites exercises every day–it makes me feel at home wherever I am. — Ludovico Einaudi

I think what really stays with me is the idea that you can write music about the texture of a wall, and everything is in some way connected. — Ludovico Einaudi

I don’t crave acceptance in the classical world. — Ludovico Einaudi

I discovered that I didn’t want to be strict like a German composer. — Ludovico Einaudi

I love to go to the bar close by for a good espresso and have a chat with the bartender. — Ludovico Einaudi

Being invited to score for ‘Black Swan’ was a real honour. To have my work form part of such an amazing film is something I am very proud of. — Ludovico Einaudi

With every musical project, I ended up feeling more enriched by the experience. — Ludovico Einaudi

I wanted to be a rocker and photographer and tour the world! — Ludovico Einaudi

The Arctic Ocean is completely unprotected, so technically, people can do with it whatever they like. — Ludovico Einaudi

People always talk about the lyrics of Leonard Cohen, but I like his melodies. They are very defined and original. — Ludovico Einaudi

It is a boring life if you stick to all the rules. — Ludovico Einaudi

It is very important to have connection with your soul and open your heart to people. — Ludovico Einaudi

In general I don’t like definitions, but ‘Minimalist’ is a term that means elegance and openness, so I would prefer to be called a Minimalist than something else. — Ludovico Einaudi

The Beatles, ‘Revolver.’ It’s pop. It’s classic. It’s experimental. It’s revolutionary. — Ludovico Einaudi

I feel a vocabulary in my music that is coming from popular music. Popular music is like the mother of all languages. — Ludovico Einaudi

You can learn and enrich yourself through the process of knowing a different musical culture. — Ludovico Einaudi

I love The Edge’s guitar style; it is unique. There is an ancient world resonating in his guitar sound. — Ludovico Einaudi

It is important that we understand the importance of the Arctic, stop the process of destruction, and protect it. — Ludovico Einaudi

I am compared to other classical musicians, but most of them perform songs from other people, and most of those composers belong to another era. — Ludovico Einaudi

The creative process of composing music has always fascinated me. — Ludovico Einaudi

I like to keep changing because discovery is always interesting. — Ludovico Einaudi

The London Olympic Opening Ceremony was excellent. The mixture of old and new, of classic and contemporary was a beautiful reflection of Great Britain. Danny Boyle is a genius. — Ludovico Einaudi

This is the beauty of popular music, that it is based on simple and memorable tunes. — Ludovico Einaudi

I think it’s normal that for a part of your life you have a lot of questions, and you’re interested in all possible theories. — Ludovico Einaudi

As a composer, it is a great thrill for me to have an album in the top 15 of the pop charts. — Ludovico Einaudi

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

I went to Mali for the first time in 2000, and I met Toumani Diabate and Ballake Sissoko–two of the greatest kora players of our time. — Ludovico Einaudi

You don’t have to compose a masterpiece every time, but I think the challenge of art is always searching for something different, searching for a new sensitivity, a new perspective, a new vision. — Ludovico Einaudi

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

A great melodic line is like a person’s soul, and coming up with an original melody, it can be like you are illustrating the soul. — Ludovico Einaudi