For some reason I can't explain, artist and musicians tend to look younger than our age. Being in music, you need this youthful sense of discovery and wonder for what you're doing and keep your imagination open. That's a youthful way of looking at life and I think that reflects in how you age.

[citation needed] The story of the theft return and subsequent acquisition by Bell is told in the 2013 documentary The Return of the Violin directed by Haim Hecht. His father is of Scottish descent and his mother is Jewish (his maternal grandfather was born in Israel and his maternal grandmother was from Minsk). "[full citation needed] Bell then sold his previous violin the Tom Tyler Stradivarius for a little more than two million dollars and made the purchase of the Gibson ex Huberman for a little under the four million dollar asking price.