I Grew Up In A Musical Family,

What Drew Me To The Violin Was Mastering The Instrument Technically, Which I'm Continuing To Do.

When You Play For Ticket-holders, You Are Already Validated. I Have No Sense That I Need To Be Accepted. I'm Already Accepted.

I Never Had Any Real Expectations About What Sort Of Success I Would Have Or All The Publicity.

Kids Need To Be Structured In Some Way, But You Don't Want To Force Something Down Their Throats That They Have No Interest In.

Being A Classical Musician, You're Doing Many Things Anyway. One Day You're Doing Bach Concerto And The Next You're Doing Some Avant-garde Thing. It's Just Another Hat That I'm Allowed To Wear.