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I have been connected with the Niels Bohr Institute since the completion of my university studies, first as a research fellow and, from 1956, as a professor of physics at the University of Copenhagen. After the death of my father in 1962, I followed him as director of the Institute until 1970.
In March 1950, in New York City, I was married to Marietta Soffer. We have three children: Vilhelm, Tomas, and Margrethe.
Even though music is something I travel around doing, it is also a very private thing. A sort of escapism.
Everything that has a spare piano is 'like Satie' and everything with strings is 'filmic,' Sometimes I get annoyed when they say my stuff sounds 'like Satie'. No, it doesn't. At least, I don't think so.
Feelings such as loneliness, longing or love are sometimes hard to put into words; maybe that's why we all love music, because it resonates with something we can't share.
I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either.
I don't have a daily routine at all.
I don't have the feeling of being motivated by anger, revenge or frustration.
I have a difficult relationship with jazz. My parents really love it, and I went to a school where jazz was considered the best thing ever, so I had to leave it be for a long time. But now I'm rediscovering it. I'm approaching jazz in a different way.
I learned that music should be fun and should be a way to express yourself - that there aren't really any rules.
I love Denmark. But it is a very safe place, and it is easy to let the state look after everything for you.
I love the conversation between film and music.
I really believe it's not bad to look back within music. I don't mean retro, but using your own memories to make a song because our memories are what make us who we are.
I used to get very nervous before a concert. It's okay when you are in a band. You can kind of disappear. But when it's just you... yes, that was difficult. I would not say it is easy now. But when you do it for a long time, you do learn to cope.
I wish my parents had been more strict and made me learn more instruments.
I'm not into having a pedigree dog.
I'm very happy that I got introduced to music only as something you got pleasure from.
I've heard from other artists that people are a little bit more reserved in Northern Europe, which comes across at concerts, where the audience may be quieter. So this means less hecklers, but maybe it also means that people may not be as open about how they felt. I'm not so sure this is especially true of Denmark, but it's what I've heard.
It's always difficult to know if a song needs more than piano, and I worry about my tendency to go in a sparse direction.
My mum is a big collector of art.
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Abigail Adams
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22 November, 1744
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