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.

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.

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

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

I think Bach is equally a romantic composer because he laid the seeds harmonically for people like Chopin and the great Romantics, Brahms, so its difficult to you know all this like labelling and putting - I think Bach is attractive to musicians because he supersedes the labels.

I see it as my job to try to keep Bach in the mainstream and present his music with, rather than without, its emotional core.

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