“Violinists' hands aren't the prettiest because of our nails and what o...” — Lindsey Stirling Quote

Violinists' hands aren't the prettiest because of our nails and what our hands have to go through.

I always meditate before every show. I say a prayer with my crew and my band to get in the mode, and I also stretch because it's a very athletic show. We've got to entertain; it's what we do.

I was classically trained. But more than just the fact that I play violin, there's a lot of classical elements in the way I write, in the way I hear chords. A lot of times, I think of my songs as a symphony made out of electronics rather than instruments. And I love to do orchestral arrangements of my songs after they're done.

I submitted videos and applications to talent agencies and TV shows; I drove to Vegas and visited agents. I was on 'America's Got Talent'; I played for free at venues in attempts to be 'found' and yet all the experts in the entertainment industry told me that what I did was not marketable and that I had to join a group or do more traditional music.

Sometimes I play something, and I haven't recorded it, and I don't know where it came from, why my hands did what they did, what key it was in, anything.

I don't swing with my knees. I swing with my hands.

I like hugging, holding hands or monkeying around with the people I like. That's my way of letting them know I like the them.

We're in the hands of the state legislature and God, but at the moment, the state legislature has more to say than God.

I am terrified of being pushed out of a plane at 10,000ft with my hands tied behind my back.