I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just beating time.

I'm just a one-instrument player. I have been known to play a blender, but I basically play - just play the violin.

That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise.

Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled.

That's the goal, to survive your gift.

Life is not as easy as it could be for a person with a disability.

Another thing that I don't like to do is show too much how it goes. I do it once in a blue moon. Sometimes there are lessons when I don't pick up a violin at all.