Hilary Hahn

Musician

1979-11-27

Quotes by Hilary Hahn

• There's so many different ways to play Mozart.

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• You're not supposed to stop and listen and spy on people practicing. It's supposed to be a private thing. But it's when you come face-to-face with yourself and you look for your flaws and you try to fix them yourself, it's a really intimidating process. It can be very discouraging.

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• Writing is a good creative outlet... it's a supplement to my music.

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• 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.

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• Kids would come up to me after concerts and give me drawings they've made of violins or, you know, landscapes with a violin floating in it or some sketch of a concert or a portrait of me.

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• The violin didn't keep me from doing things I wanted to do.

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• The encore should wrap up the audience's experience of the piece you just played.

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