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" 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. "
Itzhak Perlman
Yourself
Opportunity
You
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" The problems of the disabled are unpopular. "
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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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" Only one of my grandchildren is serious about a musical instrument. The others dabble in it. "
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" My oldest daughter is a pianist; she plays concerts. We play together, also. "
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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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" Television will always err on the side of making something not quite as classy as it could be. "
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" Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled. "
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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. "
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Simple
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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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Minimalism
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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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You
Over It
" 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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Education
Practice
Know
" 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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Body
Giving
" I've been lucky to conduct the very best orchestras in the world: New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Berlin, the London Philharmonic. "
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Best
Lucky
Chicago
" 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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You
Need
" I think that music has to do with what kind of passion do you have. "
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Passion
Think
" 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
" I'm a mushroom freak. I make a mushroom soup where I use maybe six or seven varieties, not just portobello and shiitake, but dried porcini and morels. "
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Six
" 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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Place
Important
People
" 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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Proud
View
Society
" 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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Young
You
" I have just one fiddle. It works, and that's it. It has been an old friend. "
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Works
Old
" There is no such thing as getting rid of nervousness. "
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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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Paris
" 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 Am
Commitment
Identity
" I can tell you that many soloists probably wish they could sit. "
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" I always find Bach to be an expression of a love of life. There's an enthusiasm that's absolutely contagious. "
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Life
Love
" That's the goal, to survive your gift. "
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Your
Gift
" An amazing gift in a young child is, in some ways, an abnormality. "
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Ways
Gift
" 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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Adolescence
You
" 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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