Beethoven concertos ... Tchaicovsky concertos ... with a lot of these wonderful masterpieces there's always something wonderful to find ... there's always something new to find.

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.

That's the goal, to survive your gift.

In difficult times, people just like to hear music. They like to be moved by what they hear. And music speaks different languages.

I can't walk very well, but I'm not onstage to do walking. I'm on the stage to play.

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

Not many people like it when they get criticism. Of course, if you have someone who does tell you and you do have a rapport, that's great. But don't rely on it. You have to rely on yourself.