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" Believe me, I've had interviews where the person says, 'So when did you start and why? What about your parents?' I say to them, 'Please, have you heard of the word 'Google?' "
Itzhak Perlman
Start
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Me
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" 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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" You get more nervous in front of a lot of people. That's why, when you play a concerto, you play with a small orchestra, in some place where you don't feel that it is as important as Carnegie Hall. "
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" A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays. "
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" Israel is the country of my birth. When I come here, I feel I'm coming home. "
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" Every person with a disability is an individual. "
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" In the musician, there is a tendency to have a narrowness. It's all compartmentalized. I am playing the violin; that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day. "
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" A lot of society tries to put people with disabilities into one cube, and when you think about it, many, many people have different types of disabilities, and you cannot put a code that applies to towards everyone - generally, they can be guidelines, but in the long run, interior designers and architects need more education on the subject. "
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" The thing is that I always consider myself lucky that I can actually cry listening to some music. "
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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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" I have just one fiddle. It works, and that's it. It has been an old friend. "
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" Trust your ability! "
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" Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled. "
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" There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasn't, thank God. "
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" I am humbled and honored to receive the Genesis Prize, recognizing not just my professional achievements and my desire to improve the world, but also my commitment to my Jewish identity, Jewish values, and Jewish culture. "
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" I can tell you that many soloists probably wish they could sit. "
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" There is no such thing as getting rid of nervousness. "
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" When I came to the United States, I appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show as a 13-year-old, and I played a Mendelssohn Concerto, and it sounded like a talented 13-year-old with a lot of promise. But it did not sound like a finished product. "
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" I listen to kids play a lot. "
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" Architects have to become more aware of exactly what is involved in designing barrier-free buildings and homes. "
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" I have always been very proud of my Jewish heritage, which has greatly influenced my music, my world view, and my work as an advocate for individuals whom society often leaves behind. "
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" So many things can drive you mad as a child, not only music. "
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" As for minimalism, I don't care, don't care, don't care to repeat myself, repeat myself. "
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" In Paris they have special wheelchairs that go through every doorway. They don't change the doorways, they change the wheelchairs. To hell with the people! If someone weighs a couple more pounds, that's it! "
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" I met my wife in music camp. She's got great ears, and we have a relationship where she's not afraid to tell me anything. If something's going on in my playing, she will tell me about it, and that's very, very important. "
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