I Like Trying Things, I Am Kind

If You Mess Up The Tiniest Little Thing In The Beethoven Concerto, Or The Phrasing Isn't Just Exactly Perfectly Executed, Beethoven Brings Out The Worst In The Best Violinist. You Almost Never Hear A Satisfying Performance, Because It Doesn't Play Itself.

We Live In The Least Ugly Time In History. If You Look At Back When Beethoven Was Writing, Half The Kids Were Dying, Mothers Were Dying At Childbirth, There Were More Wars Going On Then Than There Are Now. People Wrote The Most Beautiful Things During The Ugliest Times.

The Best Way To Refine An Interpretation Is By Getting Out And Performing.

At A Music Hall, I'll Get Upset If Someone Coughs Or If Someone's Cellphone Goes Off.

I Don't Want To Portray Myself As A Daredevil. I'm Not At All.