We Live In The Least Ugly Time

Actors Want To Do Shakespeare Again And Again, Or Want To Do Hamlet. When You Hear One Guy Do Hamlet And Another Guy Do It, It's Going To Be A Whole Different Experience.

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.

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.

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.

The Best Way To Refine An Interpretation Is By Getting Out And Performing.