So Much Of Performing Is A Mind

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.

I Want To Do Everything. That's My Problem.

I Grew Up In A Musical Family, But Nobody Was A Professional Musician.

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.

Although I Hardly Ever Turn On The Tv Set Unless It's Football Season, I Do Watch A Lot Of Tv On My Ipad - Perfect For Long Airplane Journeys.