People, of all ages, are far more open than you might think to being moved in new ways.

I guess really what my goal is is just to enlarge the violin repertoire.

If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting.

I think humor is important for all of us, and a great comedian is a great treasure.

When the music is physically demanding, I want to make sure that the effort involved is put across to the audience through physical gesture.

My goal would be trying to bring some light to the world, which is often a dark and violent place.

It's nice not to have the majority of the attention on me like there is when playing a concerto with an orchestra.

Classical music has been based on works people love and come back to for aural comfort.

I suppose that's why new music and I go well together, because new music often requires maintaining great rhythm.

You're playing serious music, and you want to be taken seriously. When they get my age wrong on the program, I wish they'd make me older.

I watch the Eruptions. Mount Dad, long dormant, now considered armed and dangerous. Mount Saint Mom, oozing lava, spitting flame. Warn the villagers to run into the sea.

A soul needs a purpose to live and so I concluded that my purpose was to kill everyone besides myself. I felt alive.--Gaara

You can change the world again, instead of protecting yourself from it.

The reason you were born is for a purpose

The on­ly thing I know is ev­ery­thing you love will die.

When I do things without any explanation, but just with spontaneity...I can be sure that I am right.

I am explicitly not opening the giant can of worms that is the ongoing current discussion of patent, copyright, and trademark reform.

Miracles do not happen.

I loved challenging myself every day. The weight room was my therapy for everyday life stresses. No matter what I was doing I always wanted to be the best.

There are lawyers advising to sue, so the lawyers can keep their retainments.