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I get a lot of emails where people are writing me their experiences, how they discovered my music, what they feel... they motivate me to carry on with what I am doing.

Volker Bertelmann

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I had a record deal with Sony in the beginning of the 90s, and I was rapping and singing in my band.
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I was bored to death and thinking more about the minibar and the after-show party than the performance.
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I am surprising myself [at] each show, and the delivered piano often surprises me. Sometimes the piano is so old that I don't have to prepare it, and sometimes I have a concert grand!
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I can't say that electronic gear is restrictive. I think it is a challenge to play with electronic gear, and I regularly [perform] concerts with guys who are processing sound.
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Even films without music are inspiring, as I think a good story is full of changes, different paces, and ideas.
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I always felt strongly connected to the region where I was born. But after leaving school, the only clear thought I had about my life was to leave this provincial area and go to places where real life was happening.
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I like the influence of pictures on music and the other way around.
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I was actually very surprised after using some plastic necklaces on the strings, as the sound was very bright. Sometimes I just put something inside that lies next to me.
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I still visit my village quite often, as my parents and one of my sisters live there, but also I feel the village is more of an isolated, unreal part of me.
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I think there is a big question in how much music a film needs - a lot of films are overloaded for my taste, so that the story can't carry its own weight.
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I also remember riding home from a wonderful day with only my bathing shorts, losing the chain of my bicycle, having no hand breaks, and slipping high speed on a street covered with stones. I had to go to the hospital.
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When I'm walking with my father through the woods, and we reach a place where you see so far that your ego suddenly shrinks because you are so touched by the dimension of your surroundings.
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I think for me, fusion is a word that describes a positive, collaborative combination of different styles. Every kind of new music was created by a fusion of different styles because to move on and find something new you have to allow all the influences within yourself a voice.
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When I read a script, I am already in the movie with my music, and I can dive into a world that I haven't seen before.
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I was always interested in finding the elegance of each style and understanding why it influences so many people.
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Memories were in my mind during nearly all the concerts I've done, and I realized the deep connection to my childhood, when I went out in the morning and the only thing my mom said was, Come back before dark. What trust and what freedom!
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I am still happy to be close to the city, [to be] connected to the intellectual source in Ferndorf. In this area, [I feel] connected with nature and unimportant in a postitive way.
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During Christmas time, on German television they show films with three or four episodes, and I quite like the feeling of waiting for the next episode.
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I can't really say that film music inspired me it is more the films themselves, in connection with the music.
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I am inspired by the films of Pedro Almodóvar, as they are funny, sad, and extremely weird.
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