So Much Of Performing Is A Mind

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.

Conducting Is A Strange Thing To Teach.

There Are Some Great Teachers Who Have Had Great Students, But They Themselves Can't Play A Note. I Don't Understand It, Because The Most I Learned From My Teacher Was Just Hearing Him Play.

Kids Need To Be Structured In Some Way, But You Don't Want To Force Something Down Their Throats That They Have No Interest In.

I Was Lucky Enough To Have Parents Who Started Me On Music Very Early, But Most Kids Don't Get That Kind Of Exposure.