I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously.

If all you've got is somebody else's stuff that you've lifted, nothing really deep, then it is going to thin out.

It's impossible to play a run with as much feeling as a single note. I've never been so much into runs as making single notes cry.

I think the fundamental part of my technique is my vibrato.

Music has nothing to do with your technical ability.

The ability to make music is a gift that you're born with; it's not something you can learn.

I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously.