playing at presidential inauguratio inaugurations. >> that was great. >> i'm sure it was. >> that was. >> what does itzkah perlman say about those honors and accolades and what really has meant the most to you? >> well, look, honors are really wonderful. >> right. >> you know, i love -- people are looking at you and saying, you've really accomplished something and so on and so forth. but that's one thing. the other thing is that you've got to be able to say to yourself, i am really out tre doing the best that i can and i'm doing it well. you know, if i don't feel that i'm doing it well, all the honors don't mean anything, you know, you're wondful. i said, then why do i feel that i'm not operating at my top level and so on? so for me, honors is very, very nice. but i still feel that the challenge of anything my age, you know, can't believe i'm saying my age, is not to be bored by what i do. and you see, that's the thing. because after a while i've done -- how many times have i played the violin concerto? and yet i just played it yesterday, you know. and i felt new things in it and i sa