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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. "

Itzhak Perlman

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" 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. "

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

" 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! "

" One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

" Israel is the country of my birth. When I come here, I feel I'm coming home. "

" Television will always err on the side of making something not quite as classy as it could be. "

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

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

" The problems of the disabled are unpopular. "

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

" The arts are part of the fiber of American society and should get Federal support. "

" Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities. "

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

" 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. "

" When I was growing up in Israel, Cantorial music was something I heard over and over on the radio, so it wasn't at all strange to me. I was very familiar with the music. "

Itzhak Perlman

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Strange

" I'm a great sports fan, you know. I love to watch tennis and basketball and baseball and so on. "

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

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

" My oldest daughter is a pianist; she plays concerts. We play together, also. "