Normally, the same strange impulse which brings a crowd to an accident is present in the reaction to a concert in which something goes wrong.

What is classical music if not the epitome of sensuality, passion, and understated erotica that popular music, even with all of its energy and life, cannot even begin to touch?

Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him.

When you arrive at your destination, pay absolutely no attention to the thing people call jetlag.

A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding.

I am very lucky and grateful to have this living link to a past era, the violin presumably having much more history to it than the later portion that I know.

There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.

Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount.

Let me be very honest and just say that if any airline would let me take the violin and the laptop on board I would fly that airline all the time.

There is no earthly reason why a solo string instrument or voice, having the possibility to play or sing pure intonation, should want, or try, to be tempered.

I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like.

Life is a fierce duel with emotions and a slow war with psychology.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

My dad was just the king of finding these little spots for us to stay that we should never have been staying at.

I gained 80 pounds for my pregnancy so this is like my coming out party.

The bigger the government, the greater the corruption

People will try to label you not good enough, too slow, too old, too many mistakes. You can't stop negative comments or prevent negative labels, but you can choose to not let them hold you back.

I want to get away, I want to fly away. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.

Most everybody thinks that if I want to get big rewards I need to take huge risks. But if you keep thinking that, you're gonna be broke.