If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting.

I think humor is important for all of us, and a great comedian is a great treasure.

It's nice not to have the majority of the attention on me like there is when playing a concerto with an orchestra.

My goal would be trying to bring some light to the world, which is often a dark and violent place.

You're playing serious music, and you want to be taken seriously. When they get my age wrong on the program, I wish they'd make me older.

People, of all ages, are far more open than you might think to being moved in new ways.

I guess really what my goal is is just to enlarge the violin repertoire.