I Like Trying Things, I Am Kind

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

I Hope I Will Always Have The Chance To Play The Violin.

Social Media Puts Us Inside Our Phones And Our Computers And Our Headphones, And We're Not Connecting So Much With Our Outside Environment. Even When People Go To The Grand Canyon They're More Concerned About The Selfies Than Actually Looking At The Canyon. I See It With My Own Kids - The Addiction To Needing Things Fast, Never Pausing To Just See What's Around Us And Connect With Our Fellow Human Beings In Real Time.

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.

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