No one tells you what to do if you completely flop at the beginning of a performance.

I don't listen to a lot of music when I have my free time. But I'll go to a jazz club and have a drink and listen to a good jazz musician. Or sometimes in the morning, if I want to put myself in a good mood, I'll put on some Latin music.

I always find it funny when people say, "I don't really like classical music" or "it doesn't do anything for me." I tell them, "Well, you know, it does. You go to films and you're responding to it, and you've heard it..." It's controlling you! So don't think you're not being affected. It's a great medium for music.

I like working with kids because I enjoy seeing the looks on their faces and, it's kind of selfish, I want a future audience.

Music plays a huge role in the movie. The music in Star Wars, I can't imagine what the movie would have been like without it. It made the film.

Kids need to be structured in some way, but you don't want to force something down their throats that they have no interest in.

When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story.