I Don't Want To Portray Myself As

Being A Classical Musician, You're Doing Many Things Anyway. One Day You're Doing Bach Concerto And The Next You're Doing Some Avant-garde Thing. It's Just Another Hat That I'm Allowed To Wear.

I Don't Sleep With A Violin In My Bed, But There Is Something Very Magical About The Instrument. You Open Up The Case; It's A Masterpiece, It's Gorgeous, The Varnish Is Still There From 300 Years Ago. People Who Know Violins, They Look At It And It's Almost Like A Face.

You Don't Have To Have Lots Of Love Affairs To Know What Love Is.

There Are Days That I Get Neurotic With The Instrument [violin]. Every Little Adjustment Will Change The Balance For Good Or For Bad. It's Kind Of A Miracle, The Way The Whole Thing Works As An Acoustical Whole, So Perfectly Balanced That Any Little Thing Will - Which Also Means The Weather, The Humidity.

No One Tells You What To Do If You Completely Flop At The Beginning Of A Performance.