Joshua Bell: Playing violin is like doing Rubik’s Cube
main‘I wouldn’t say I was a workaholic, but what I had—and still have—is a slightly obsessive nature for solving problems. Like, when I was 12, I was really into the Rubik’s Cube, and would try to figure out faster and faster ways to do it. So when I would get down to working, I wouldn’t stop until I figured something out. I think playing the violin is a lot like a puzzle, and I think my obsessive nature is what helped with my getting things done.’
From an interesting interview on The Chicago Maroon.
From subway triumphs to the cube ,no stopping this great puzzle solver .
Guess he’s still trying to solve how to get a decent tone out of his $5 million instrument……
Playing a musical instrument is like assembling a jigsaw puzzle. After a while you get a sense of what the picture is like, then you realize that the puzzle has no edges; it just keeps going and you never finish it.