What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do.

I don't want to portray myself as a daredevil. I'm not at all.

The best way to refine an interpretation is by getting out and performing.

I hope I will always have the chance to play the violin.

When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story.

You only live once, so I try to say yes to everything.

You don't have to have lots of love affairs to know what love is.

Kids need to be structured in some way, but you don't want to force something down their throats that they have no interest in.

There's nothing more frustrating than seeing a conductor say, 'Play softer,' as they're waving their hands in huge gestures.

Conducting is a strange thing to teach.

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.

Some bad friends are so crafty in such a way that by the time their mission is reveal, they have already executed portions of it.

People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.

You attract only the people, situations and outcomes that you either want or need.

Catering is extremely demanding financially and physically. It's a business.

As soon as the dirt is hitting the casket, it'll all be forgotten.

The bones of the Dead will be seen to govern the fortunes of him who moves them.

In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.

I can assure you President Trump and I are completely focused on the issues that matter most to the American people.

I do not need a reason to be angry with God.

Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you more beautiful.