The Beatles are a classical group because they're classic.

You can't learn pathos or profundity.

I'm always improving and I want to get better and never hit a plateau. I find it an amazing adventure.

Menuhin was playing Bach on a fantastic spiritual level when he was a teenager.

I hate complacency. I play every gig as if it could be my last, then I enjoy it more than ever.

Even if you're playing Brahms or a Beethoven concerto, you've got to have a different vantage point, slightly, each time.

I can think and play stuff in classical music that possibly violinists who didn't have access to other types of music could never do. It means I'm more flexible within classical music, to be a servant to the composer.