Sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left. — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
I always consider myself lucky that I can actually cry listening to some music. — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
... everybody has a different kind of talent and a different timetable as to when they develop .. — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
Same thing with harmonies. If you hear something that harmonically is interesting, express it. So that's what I'm saying about talking the… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
In difficult times, people just like to hear music. They like to be moved by what they hear. And music speaks different… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
... Beethoven concertos ... Tchaicovsky concertos ... with a lot of these wonderful masterpieces there's always something wonderful to find ... there's… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
Perhaps our task in this shaky, fast-changing, bewildering world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
A lot of people like to think that polio was a inspiration in what I do. I think that music has to… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
Every musical phrase has a purpose. It's like talking. If you talk with a particular purpose, people listen to you, but if… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
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… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share
I look at raising funds for The Perlman Music Program as a challenge and as a way to provide opportunities for people who care… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share
I do three things. I do teaching, I do conducting and I do playing. And each one of those sort of helps the other. — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share
A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays. — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share
Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled. — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share
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… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share
In difficult times, people just like to hear music. They like to be moved by what they hear. And music speaks different languages. — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share
I find personally that when I go to a place where I can't get in, I feel hostility from whatever it is, a hotel,… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share
I can't walk very well, but I'm not onstage to do walking. I'm on the stage to play. — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share
I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day. — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share
I don't walk on stage unless I'm playing with a orchestra. But when I play a recital, I'm sort of on a scooter, and… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share
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… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share
