"Every day and every
night
has been warm and has been bright..."
Something about my compositions
For a large amount of people one of the most important things
in the world is music.
All over the centuries people have been fascinated by music, found pleasure
listening to it, or pleasure making it.
For me, making music is the best way to express my feelings.
My silent wishes, happiest memories, deepest depression have often become
music - over the years.
I am writing songs about feelings.
No matter whether it is things I dream of or things I actually experience:
Whatever moves me, can be found in my compositions.
When did you start writing songs?
I started writing songs when I was 12 years old. My early compositions
were (from my point of view today) primitive and not worth listening to them.
To that time I would never have thought that my interest in composition
would develop that much! But in fact, it did.
How long have you been playing the piano?
Now that's a good question!
I don't remember when I started - as far as I can think
back I have always been playing the piano... (if you don't believe me, look at
this!!!)
But I began to take proper piano lessons when I was about six years old.
When you write a song, do you start with the melody or with the text?
Well, neither the one nor the other. It usually happens at the same
time. There is no first and no second step, it just works out to become
a song, and that is all.
It is often late at night when I am suddenly waking up and finding out
that I am having an idea which wants to be written down. And this is usually
what I am doing then. If I didn't I probably would not find any sleep anymore
for the rest of the night.
Why are all your songs in English? Why don't you write in German or other languages as well?
I do not particularly choose the language in which I want to write my songs. It just happens to be English in fact, since it is a language that makes it easy for me to express myself. I have made attempts to write songs in French, and I still have some of the concepts - but they just didn't get finished.