106 Quotes by Hilary Hahn

Deutsche Grammophon really has a grasp of the classical repertoire.

Everyone is always making transitions in life.

When you have a teacher who is part of a tradition, the other people in that tradition are such stars. You just look at them like pop stars.

I feel like I had as normal a childhood as anyone, but it had a certain focus. Maybe other kids focused on sports.

Edgar Meyer's violin concerto was the first piece of contemporary music I worked on in any depth. I was 18 or 19.

Through the Internet and technology, anyone can now seek out any artist, composer or undefined niche of music they find interesting. All on their own, without even having to stand up or go anywhere.

It's no good to do a piece once and then move on because it doesn't have time to develop. I try to play seven or eight concerti in a season, and generally one or two of those are new for me.

The nice thing about the violin repertoire is that it's small enough that you can plan on learning everything at some point - whereas the piano repertoire is so enormous it wouldn't be possible unless you're a learning machine.

I don't really compare myself to anybody. That would be very unhealthy.