You don't have to have lots of love affairs to know what love is.

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.

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.

Although I hardly ever turn on the TV set unless it's football season, I do watch a lot of TV on my iPad - perfect for long airplane journeys.

I love the outdoor festival feeling.

Kids need to be structured in some way, but you don't want to force something down their throats that they have no interest in.

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