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" A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays. "
Itzhak Perlman
Water
You
Over It
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" I think that music has to do with what kind of passion do you have. "
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" When I was growing up in Israel, Cantorial music was something I heard over and over on the radio, so it wasn't at all strange to me. I was very familiar with the music. "
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Me
Growing Up
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" For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them. "
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Child
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" Brahms is one of my all-time favorite composers. "
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All-Time
Favorite
" Every person with a disability is an individual. "
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Every
Individual
Person
" When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in. "
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You
Small
Trust
" When you are 8 or 9, you should have a childhood. You should have adolescence. You should go through everything in a normal way. "
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Childhood
Adolescence
You
" I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just beating time. "
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You
Orchestra
Feel
" I look at raising funds for The Perlman Music Program as a challenge and as a way to provide opportunities for people who care about the future of classical music. "
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People
Care
Music
" Sometimes you get from the mouth of kids wonderful things. "
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Mouth
You
Wonderful
" Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition. "
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Proposition
Music
Future
" Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it. "
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Thrive
Experience
Competition
" I always find that there is a real communication between voice and violin. "
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Real
Find
Communication
" Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities. "
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Child
You
Got
" Architects have to become more aware of exactly what is involved in designing barrier-free buildings and homes. "
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Involved
More
Buildings
" Israel is the country of my birth. When I come here, I feel I'm coming home. "
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Coming Home
Country
Birth
" A lot of people ask me, 'What is your goal now that you have done everything?' And I always say that my goal is to not be bored by what I do. The only way that I cannot be bored by what I do is if I play something and it's all new to me. "
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People
Play
You
" Life is always full of challenges. I believe you're never happy unless you're consistently making challenges for yourself. "
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You
Yourself
Life
" Whenever I play recitals, the part where I talk about music and my experiences of music, audiences always like it. They feel more involved with an artist who talks to them. It's a nice experience for me as well. "
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Artist
Music
Me
" As for minimalism, I don't care, don't care, don't care to repeat myself, repeat myself. "
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Myself
Minimalism
Care
" The difference is that with Ebola, it is such a devastating disease, and there is still no cure. They're still working on vaccines. The fact of the matter with polio, there is a cure; there is a vaccine. "
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Difference
Matter
Vaccines
" I listen to kids play a lot. "
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Kids
Play
Listen
" Television will always err on the side of making something not quite as classy as it could be. "
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Always
Television
Side
" It is good medicine to go to a concert hall and forget the harshness of what's going on. It can be a very positive thing. "
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Medicine
Positive
Forget
" My oldest daughter is a pianist; she plays concerts. We play together, also. "
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Play
Together
She
" I actually wanted to play the violin before I had polio, and then afterwards, there was no reason not to. "
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Play
Before
No Reason
" If you put four different people on a podium conducting the same downbeat, you get four different sounds. It's a little mysterious and fascinating. There's so much you can do with motions and body movements besides giving accurate beats. "
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Mysterious
Body
Giving
" So many things can drive you mad as a child, not only music. "
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Mad
Music
Things
" To bring a large audience to a piece of serious music and make it accessible does not mean reducing it in any way. And I've learned that if something is good, even if it is a little difficult, people will get that it is good. "
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Good
Audience
Serious