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" Only one of my grandchildren is serious about a musical instrument. The others dabble in it. "
Itzhak Perlman
Others
Serious
Only
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" If you can read, then you can recite Shakespeare. But that's not acting. "
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" Trust your ability! "
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" For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop. "
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Alone
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" 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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" 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 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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Care
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" There is no such thing as getting rid of nervousness. "
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Getting
Rid
Nervousness
" I say to string players in small chamber orchestras, 'it's always easy to become a passenger on the journey in sound, just adding volume to the whole. But if you play in an individual way, it makes the difference between good and great sound in an orchestra.' "
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Small
Journey
You
" 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?' "
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Start
Believe
Me
" Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities. "
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Child
You
Got
" 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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Music
Wife
Relationship
" The problems of the disabled are unpopular. "
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Unpopular
Problems
Disabled
" 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. "
Itzhak Perlman
Nothing
Talk
Important
" A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays. "
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Water
You
Over It
" 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
" 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. "
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Important
Experience
" The thing is that I always consider myself lucky that I can actually cry listening to some music. "
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Music
Myself
Cry
" The arts are part of the fiber of American society and should get Federal support. "
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Arts
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" Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it. "
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Thrive
Experience
Competition
" I can tell you that many soloists probably wish they could sit. "
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Tell
" 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
" 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. "
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Development
Young
You
" I'm a great sports fan, you know. I love to watch tennis and basketball and baseball and so on. "
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Know
You
" I listen to kids play a lot. "
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Kids
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Listen
" 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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Practice
Know
" 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. "
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Too Much
Violin
Sometimes