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.

I think if there's ever been a time we need music more, it's now. For our kids, it teaches you to take time, to listen, to work together, to listen to other people, and to use your brain. That's why classical music doesn't work when you throw it at people in a subway platform while they're rushing to work. Classical music is something that needs to be contemplated, you have to be completely present with an active mind that's working. It's not background music.

Although I hardly ever turn on the TV set unless it's football season, I do watch a lot of TV on my iPad - perfect for long airplane journeys.

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.

I was lucky enough to have parents who started me on music very early, but most kids don't get that kind of exposure.

Conducting is a strange thing to teach.

I hope I will always have the chance to play the violin.