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

Every orchestra is different. Sometimes, you're blown away by a particular musician. If I'm playing the Brahms concerto, it's crucial to have a great oboe player, because we work in tandem.

So much of performing is a mind game.

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.

I like trying things, I am kind of adventurous and I like thrill seeking.

Being a classical musician, you're doing many things anyway. One day you're doing Bach concerto and the next you're doing some avant-garde thing. It's just another hat that I'm allowed to wear.

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.