This machine, the wheelchair, I can go all over the place, but you need a place without stairs to get in.

I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day.

I love to work with young kids.

I listen to kids play a lot.

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.

When you talk about a million bucks, if you think about it very carefully, it's not that much money, if you start to divide it. You have to figure out a philosophy as to whom you want to give it to.

I couldn't only do one thing--I don't want the personal hell of oneness.