Trust your ability!

I always find that there is a real communication between voice and violin.

In the musician, there is a tendency to have a narrowness. It's all compartmentalized. I am playing the violin; that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day.

So many things can drive you mad as a child, not only music.

Trust your ability!

When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in.

It is good medicine to go to a concert hall and forget the harshness of what's going on. It can be a very positive thing.