I want to do everything. That's my problem.

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.

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

I want to do everything. That's my problem.

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.

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.

At a music hall, I'll get upset if someone coughs or if someone's cellphone goes off.