When you play for ticket-holders, you are already validated. I have no sense that I need to be accepted. I'm already accepted.

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

I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.

Music plays a huge role in the movie. The music in Star Wars, I can't imagine what the movie would have been like without it. It made the film.

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

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."

I love the outdoor festival feeling.