I can think and play stuff in classical music that possibly violinists who didn't have access to other types of music could never do. It means I'm more flexible within classical music, to be a servant to the composer.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I would not want the limitations held by the name of a classical musician. I want many people to enjoy my music much beyond just classical music fans. I think the term, 'violinist,' keeps me distant from the audience. I want to communicate with them more.
Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.'
Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.
I love classical music and have been playing violin since I was seven. Music helps me to express feelings in a way words often cannot.
I am an interpreter of music rather than a composer of it.
To have the privileged position of being the guy who is responsible for shaping the entire experience for an audience as opposed to being just one instrument in that orchestra, being an actor, it's all-encompassing.
That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise.
I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either.
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.
It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.