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

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" 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 talented child will have a schedule that is horrendous. You get up and practice, go to school, practice some more, eat dinner, and then you have homework. "

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

" 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. "

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" For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them. "

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

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

" Life is always full of challenges. I believe you're never happy unless you're consistently making challenges for yourself. "

" I feel that you always pay when you are a child. "

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

" I've been lucky to conduct the very best orchestras in the world: New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Berlin, the London Philharmonic. "

" 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. "

" Whenever I play recitals, the part where I talk about music and my experiences of music, audiences always like it. They feel more involved with an artist who talks to them. It's a nice experience for me as well. "

" 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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" I always find that there is a real communication between voice and violin. "

" A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays. "

" 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. "

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