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.

Over the years, I've collected a lot of musical friends.

I don't want to portray myself as a daredevil. I'm not at all.

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

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

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

I grew up in a musical family, but nobody was a professional musician.