- HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING THE CELLO?
- I STARTED WHEN I WAS THREE YEARS OLD.
THE FIRST CELLO I GOT WAS SO SMALL
THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS A GUITAR,
SO I JUST PLAYED IT LIKE A GUITAR.
- UH-HUH.
AND YOU PLAYED AT CARNEGIE HALL.
- YES, I PLAYED AT CARNEGIE HALL TWICE,
ONCE WHEN I WAS SIX, ONCE WHEN I WAS SEVEN.
IT WAS COOL, BECAUSE I GOT ACCOMPANIED BY A ORCHESTRA.
THEY WERE ALL SO TALL, AND I WAS THE YOUNGEST,
SO I JUST HAD TO PLAY LIKE THIS.
[laughter]
- YEAH, YOU'RE YOUNGER THAN ALL THOSE PEOPLE THERE.
THAT'S AMAZING.
[cheers and applause]
SO WHEN I SEE PEOPLE PLAY CELLO--
'CAUSE I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENT--
I SEE PEOPLE ARE SHAKING THEIR HEAD.
IS THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST SO INTO THE MUSIC, OR WHAT ARE--
DO YOU SHAKE YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU PLAY?
- I SHAKE MY HEAD BECAUSE--
[laughter]
YEAH, I SHAKE MY HEAD.
- YEAH, YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD THERE.
- YEAH.
- WHY ARE YOU-- 'CAUSE YOU'RE JUST FEELING IT?
- NO, 'CAUSE WHEN I PLAY FAST SONGS,
I FEEL THE RHYTHM IN MY MIND,
AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO DANCE, SO...
BUT IF YOU DA--
IF YOU SHAKE YOUR HEAD TOO MUCH,
YOU MIGHT GET DIZZY.
- YEAH.
YEAH, I WOULD WORRY ABOUT THAT TOO.
- YEAH. - YEAH.
BESIDES BEING ABLE TO PLAY.
SO YOU WENT TO CHINA FOR THE FIRST TIME RECENTLY?
- THIS TIME, IT WAS, LIKE, MY THIRD TIME.
- OH, YOU WENT THREE TIMES.
WOW, THAT'S A LONG FLIGHT, ISN'T IT.
- YEAH.
THE PERFORMANCES WERE GOOD.
THE FLIGHT WAS SO LONG.
THERE ARE NO GAMES.
THERE ARE NO MOVIES.
AS SOON AS MY IPAD WAS OUT OF BATTERY,
I WAS LIKE...
[groans]
- YEAH.
- AND THERE WAS, LIKE, THIS MOVIE
IN FRONT OF THE PLANE,
AND I HAD TO LOOK BETWEEN TWO CHAIRS
TO SEE THE MOVIE.
AND IT WAS ABOUT A COP AND A GANGSTER,
AND MY MOM TOLD ME NOT TO WATCH IT.
SO I WAS JUST BORED.
- THAT'S HORRIBLE.
THAT SOUNDS TERRIBLE.
- YEAH. - YEAH.
AND WHAT ELSE DO YOU-- SO YOU LIKE TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES
AND WATCH MOVIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I HEARD YOU WERE INTO SOCCER, RIGHT?
- YEAH, I ALSO LIKE THE WAY HOW SOCCER PLAYERS CELEBRATE.
THIS IS HOW LIONEL MESSI CELEBRATE,
WHEN HE GOES...
THIS IS TIM HOWARD WHEN HE SAVES THE GOAL.
[grunts]
- WOW. - AND THIS IS ME.
[laughter and applause]
- EXCELLENT.
ALL RIGHT, SO TODAY,
YOU'RE NOT GONNA PLAY SOCCER FOR US.
YOU'RE GONNA PLAY THE CELLO.
AND WHAT ARE YOU GONNA PLAY TODAY?
- I'M GOING TO PERFORM "HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY"
AND "SMOOTH CRIMINAL."
- WOW. VERY COOL.
ALL RIGHT.
[cheers and applause]
[David Popper's "Hungarian Rhapsody" playing]
[animated classical music playing]
[cheers and applause]
JUSTIN, THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
IT WAS REALLY COOL.
- YEAH.
- REALLY COOL.
ALL RIGHT.
I GOT YOU SOMETHING SO THAT,
WHETHER YOU'RE GONNA BE AT CARNEGIE HALL
AND YOU WANT TO HURRY UP
AND GO PLAY SOCCER RIGHT AFTERWARDS,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUSH HOME AND CHANGE OR ANYTHING.
SO ANDY, WILL YOU BRING IT OUT?
OKAY, SO SHOW HIM HOW IT WORKS.
YOU HAVE THAT ON, AND THEN YOU JUST--
- WHOA.
- THEN SUDDENLY, IT BECOMES YOUR SOCCER OUTFIT.
- YEAH.
AND THAT'S MY FAVORITE COLOR.
- WELL, MINE TOO.
[cheers and applause]
COOL, RIGHT? - THANK YOU.
- OH, YOU'RE WELCOME, JUSTIN.