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The violin sings.
I associate music with fun and joy.
I love the outdoor festival feeling.
So much of performing is a mind game.
Conducting is a strange thing to teach.
You're a constant student, as a musician.
We live in the least ugly time in history.
I want to do everything. That's my problem.
Hamburgers are my favorite thing to eat, period.
I like blackjack. I like the psychology of poker.
I write arrangements. Im sort of a wannabe composer.
I write arrangements. I'm sort of a wannabe composer.
You only live once, so I try to say yes to everything.
I love celebrating music in different and unique ways.
Over the years, I've collected a lot of musical friends.
I hope I will always have the chance to play the violin.
I don't want to portray myself as a daredevil. I'm not at all.
People wrote the most beautiful things during the ugliest times.
You don't have to have lots of love affairs to know what love is.
I grew up in a musical family, but nobody was a professional musician.
I like trying things, I am kind of adventurous and I like thrill seeking.
The man on the street, he knows who Beethoven is, he knows who Mozart is.
I can't play on a full stomach, so I save my eating for after the concert.
The best way to refine an interpretation is by getting out and performing.
I'm happy if my music is being downloaded, whether it's legally or illegally.
Great music was written by the great geniuses, and you want to do it justice.
When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story.
At a music hall, I'll get upset if someone coughs or if someone's cellphone goes off.
No one tells you what to do if you completely flop at the beginning of a performance.
Music teaches people to work together, which is maybe one of the most important skills.
For me, I'm sort of a wanna-be composer, and I love being involved with the arrangements.
I think music should be the basis of an education, not just something you do once a week.
I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.
What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do.
If I read every comment on my YouTube videos, I'd go crazy with people that are saying negative things.
I think, as an artist, it's very important to continue to be challenged and feel challenged all the time.
I kind of alternate between conducting and playing and kind of juggling those things, but I don't use a baton.
Bach's music is really some of the greatest. I think, in some ways, Bach is the most profound composer of all.
It's endless, the amount of things that music touches on that can help kids grow that are very, very practical.
After every concert, I greet young people in the lobbies. And I see a huge surge of young people playing music.
I have visited schools that have music programs and those that don't. I see the way the kids act with each other.
I was lucky enough to have parents who started me on music very early, but most kids don't get that kind of exposure.
You're really looking for the truth of what the piece is about. And that's going to be different for different people.
Beethoven's symphonies are not 'relaxing.' They are the most exciting things that have ever been created by a human being.
There's nothing more frustrating than seeing a conductor say, 'Play softer,' as they're waving their hands in huge gestures.
I like working with kids because I enjoy seeing the looks on their faces and, it's kind of selfish, I want a future audience.
When you play for ticket-holders, you are already validated. I have no sense that I need to be accepted. I'm already accepted.
I've always been accused of moving around too much when I play concertos. Sometimes, conductors ask me which of us is leading.
It's been very exciting for me to start directing and conducting, exploring the symphonic repertoire, which I've always loved.
Someone who directs a film, they have to see the overall picture, and they have to get the best performances out of the actors.