Actors want to do Shakespeare again and again, or want to do Hamlet. When you hear one guy do Hamlet and another guy do it, it's going to be a whole different experience.

We live in the least ugly time in history.

What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do.

I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.

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.

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

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.