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.

This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in five or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development.

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.

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

One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening.

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