I actually wanted to play the violin before I had polio, and then afterwards, there was no reason not to.

If you put your hand on the piano, you play a note. It's in tune. But if you put it on the violin, maybe it is, maybe it isn't. You have to figure it out.

The difference is that with Ebola, it is such a devastating disease, and there is still no cure. They're still working on vaccines. The fact of the matter with polio, there is a cure; there is a vaccine.

I have a very simple philosophy. One has to separate the abilities from the disabilities. The fact I cannot walk, that I need crutches or a scooter or whatever it is, has nothing to do with my playing the violin.

I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day.

If you can read, then you can recite Shakespeare. But that's not acting.