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

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

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.

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 open up my violin case every day, and have one of the great creations. It is very inspiring. It makes you want to practice. How can you open up a case and look at a violin that was made in 1713 by one of the greatest artists in history and then say, "No, I don't feel like practicing today."

We live in the least ugly time in history.

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