If you mess up the tiniest little thing in the Beethoven concerto, or the phrasing isn't just exactly perfectly executed, Beethoven brings out the worst in the best violinist. You almost never hear a satisfying performance, because it doesn't play itself.

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.

I don't sleep with a violin in my bed, but there is something very magical about the instrument. You open up the case; it's a masterpiece, it's gorgeous, the varnish is still there from 300 years ago. People who know violins, they look at it and it's almost like a face.

You only live once, so I try to say yes to everything.

The best way to refine an interpretation is by getting out and performing.