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I had studied violin from age 7 to 14.

I started playing the violin when I was 5, but by the time I was 12 or 13, I wasn't really liking it.

I basically started playing violin at the age of six. That lasted about three years because my previous teacher died and the second teacher didn't really know how to successfully get me going.

I started playing violin when I was six, so I thought I could be a professional. It wasn't until I was 15 when I got into acting classes and realized this was what I wanted to do.

We had a normal childhood. I played baseball, and we played violin in orchestras three times a week. I learned more from that than anything else.

I started playing violin in the 5th grade. They had a program in school where you could get out of class to go play instruments. So I raised my hand, left out of class, me and a bunch of my homeboys, just to get out of class for that day. They asked what instrument you wanted to play and I picked the violin.

I tried to learn the violin for a while.

I used to play violin, but I wasn't very good!

I wanted to play my violin and have my musical expression through the instrument. But then I was really young when I had my first opportunity to conduct.