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I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just beating time.

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.

I listen to kids play a lot.

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?"

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.

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