An incredible use of a Psycho Image in a Musician's Auto-Biography

The NY Times today reviewed a new, violinist's auto-biography by Natalie Hodges called (pretentiously) 'UNCOMMON MEASURE: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time'. According to the review, the author recounts her key experiences with performance anxiety. The author drops her violin bow during a recital performance of a notoriously intricate, near-impossible-to-play piece by Paganini.

"Trying to play his compositions, especially under pressure, is reminiscent of the shower scene in Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ — high-pitched shrieking sounds and all, where your ego is Janet Leigh and the ghost of Paganini is the shadowy figure with the knife.”