I listen to kids play a lot.

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

I don't walk on stage unless I'm playing with a orchestra. But when I play a recital, I'm sort of on a scooter, and I just scoot very quickly on stage, and they're saying, wow, look at this. He's so fast.

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

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 makes classical music work, the ability to improvise.

When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in.