Life Is Not As Easy

I'm Just A One-instrument Player. I Have Been Known To Play A Blender, But I Basically Play - Just Play The Violin.

One Of The Most Important Elements In Teaching, Conducting, And Performing, All Three, Is Listening.

Nothing Is Better For My Playing Than Teaching Because When You Teach, You Have To Think And You Have To Listen What Other People Do. And Then All Of A Sudden, You Play Yourself And Then You Say, My Goodness, I Don't Need A Teacher. I'm My Own Teacher. Then I Can React To What I'm Doing Immediately. It Really Improves.

The Thing Is That What You Try To Do When You Play Is You Try To Play Not Below A Certain Level. In Other Words, It Can Be A Special Day Where It Would Be Phenomenal, But If It's Not Below A Certain Level, That's The Goal. You Know, That's What You Want To Do. That's Why You Practice And So On.

That Makes Classical Music Work, The Ability To Improvise.