Leila Josefowicz

I guess really what my goal is is just to enlarge the violin repertoire.

If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting.

My goal would be trying to bring some light to the world, which is often a dark and violent place.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

You probably found 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' in the humor section. Let's just hope that is where it belongs.

A lot of people think I'm a comedian.