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.

One must always practice slowly. If you learn something slowly, you forget it slowly.

A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays.

Believe me, I've had interviews where the person says, "So when did you start and why? What about your parents?" I say to them, "Please, have you heard of the word Google?"

That's the goal, to survive your gift.

I'm now doing three things: concerts, conducting, and teaching, and they each support each other. I learn to see things from different perspectives and listen with different ears. The most important thing that you need to do is really listen.

Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities.