If you play something well, I don't care what it is. I mean, I don't play an electric [violin] - I tried. It's actually interesting.

There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasn't, thank God.

Everybody has a different kind of talent and a different timetable as to when they develop.

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.

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

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

If you play something well, I don't care what it is. I mean, I don't play an electric [violin] - I tried. It's actually interesting.