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" I am an eternal optimist. I always say 'Yihyeh Tov' or 'It'll get better.' "

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" I have a very simple philosophy. One has to separate the abilities from the disabilities. The fact I cannot walk, that I need crutches or a scooter or whatever it is, has nothing to do with my playing the violin. "

" That's the goal, to survive your gift. "

" I listen to kids play a lot. "

" So many things can drive you mad as a child, not only music. "

" The thing about talent is that it comes at different ages, sometimes at a very early age. That's when I find it to be the most challenging. "

" 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. "

" I actually wanted to play the violin before I had polio, and then afterwards, there was no reason not to. "

" Teaching is really very, very important. I always tell my students that you should find an opportunity to teach. When you teach others, you teach yourself. "

" If you can read, then you can recite Shakespeare. But that's not acting. "

" That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise. "

" There is no such thing as getting rid of nervousness. "

" 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. "

" I have just one fiddle. It works, and that's it. It has been an old friend. "

" If you put your hand on the piano, you play a note. It's in tune. But if you put it on the violin, maybe it is, maybe it isn't. You have to figure it out. "

" The danger in playing a piece over and over again lies in getting stuck in a rut where you don't ask questions anymore and you always play it the same way. "

" 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. "

" I can tell you that many soloists probably wish they could sit. "

" 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. "

" There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasn't, thank God. "

" 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. "

" I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day. "

" 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. "

" My experience with the Detroit Symphony has been musically very satisfying. They have a wonderful sound, which for me is one of the most important qualities in an orchestra. "

" This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in five or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development. "

" Every person with a disability is an individual. "

" The thing is that I always consider myself lucky that I can actually cry listening to some music. "

" 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. "

" Everybody's saying, you know, 'You're so heroic and so on despite of the polio that you had and so on.' Look, I had polio when I was four. So when you're four years old, you know, you get used to things very, very quickly. "

" 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. "