Very often I suspend my musical sensibilities to enjoy music as a fan.
I try to do my absolute best for the people who come see me play.
I gave up a lot of things in exchange for my success.
I'm a fan of many different styles of classical and symphonic music.
It was also important for me to have a burning desire to achieve something worthwhile on that instrument, and I devoted many many many hours with little or no compensation to perfecting whatever I could, because I loved it so much.
It's not art, it's science.