I write arrangements. I'm sort of a wannabe composer.
From Joshua Bell
I grew up in a musical family, but nobody was a professional musician.
I was lucky enough to have parents who started me on music very early, but most kids don't get that kind of exposure.
You're a constant student, as a musician.
Although I hardly ever turn on the TV set unless it's football season, I do watch a lot of TV on my iPad - perfect for long airplane journeys.
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.
At a music hall, I'll get upset if someone coughs or if someone's cellphone goes off.
When you play for ticket-holders, you are already validated. I have no sense that I need to be accepted. I'm already accepted.
In art and music, particularly in the 20th century, there was a big period there where for something to be called profound you had to not be able to understand it.
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