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

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" When you are 8 or 9, you should have a childhood. You should have adolescence. You should go through everything in a normal way. "

" My message is that giving is very important. Giving is a Jewish thing, and I like to talk about that. There's nothing more important, personally, for anybody than being able to give. "

" An amazing gift in a young child is, in some ways, an abnormality. "

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

" I think that music has to do with what kind of passion do you have. "

" Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition. "

" 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. "

" The 'Mozart Symphony No. 27' is an early composition. I find it charming. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Brahms is one of my all-time favorite composers. "

" Sometimes you get from the mouth of kids wonderful things. "

" Another thing that I don't like to do is show too much how it goes. I do it once in a blue moon. Sometimes there are lessons when I don't pick up a violin at all. "

" I'm an acoustical person. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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?' "

" I'm now doing three things: concerts, conducting, and teaching, and they each support each other. I learn to see things from different perspectives and listen with different ears. The most important thing that you need to do is really listen. "

" Trust your ability! "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" As for minimalism, I don't care, don't care, don't care to repeat myself, repeat myself. "

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

" 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. "