I Never Had Any Real Expectations About

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.

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

At A Music Hall, I'll Get Upset If Someone Coughs Or If Someone's Cellphone Goes Off.

Over The Years, I've Collected A Lot Of Musical Friends.