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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. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it. "

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

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

" 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 listen to kids play a lot. "

" 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. "

" Only one of my grandchildren is serious about a musical instrument. The others dabble in it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I love to work with young kids. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I always find Bach to be an expression of a love of life. There's an enthusiasm that's absolutely contagious. "

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

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

" 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! "

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

" 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. "

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

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