Colour does not make so much difference. Look at the Bach Chaconne: There is not one dynamic mark in the whole Bach Chaconne. Colours do not make so much difference.

Well, rhythm is 90 percent of the interpretation.

When you can hear a violinist, that is better than you, then you learn from him, because if you play with somebody who is worse than you, then you go down.

You have to do a lot of listening, you don't just learn out of yourself.

A specialist is someone who does everything else worse.

Every violinist has a different style, so it's important to be able to recognise their styles. You don't have to like everyone's style but you have to know these styles.

It would be easier to say, what was the difference in style from many years ago. Many years ago, the old violinists, they also had a good technique, they were not tonally as good.

This young man is an exceptionally gifted and talented violinist ... He is a first class talent.

I am always happy to meet my friend, and my friend is my weekend.

The words you use can destroy people's confidence or provoke their greatness. Use your words to add value.

Everyone has a different training style and being a female, sometimes you find you have to get really aggressive. Some people respond really well to aggression, some people don't.

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you that you are the man she thinks you are.

Labor with what zeal we will, Something still remains undone, Something uncompleted still Waits the rising of the sun.

The math of time is simple: you have less than you think and need more than you know.

One good schoolmaster is worth a thousand priests.

Grace comes into the soul as the morning sun into the world: there is first a dawning, then a mean light, and at last the sun in his excellent brightness.

I'm having to protect myself. How do you protect your heart and cover everything? When you don't want to look people in the eye and you're constantly dodging, I fall into it.

I'm not vouching for Putin's character, he seems like a shady guy. Hard to see why he's a threat was.