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

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

I was lucky enough to have parents who started me on music very early, but most kids don't get that kind of exposure.

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

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 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.