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 Image
I'm just a one-instrument player. I have been known to play a blender, but I basically play - just play the violin. — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
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… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
The Violin of my dreams. If you wanna play a pianissimo that is almost inaudible and yet it carries through a hall… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
You get more nervous in front of a lot of people. That's why, when you play a concerto, you play with a… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
I always say separate your abilities from your disabilities. You know, if I could play the violin, I don't have to play… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
If you play something well, I don't care what it is. I mean, I don't play an electric [violin] - I tried.… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
Don't play the way it goes. Play the way it is. And the way it is every time you play it, it's… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
Another thing that you really do when you play, that you're supposed to do, is colors. You know, you cannot play with… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
The thing is that what you try to do when you play is you try to play not below a certain level.… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
Nothing is better for my playing than teaching because when you teach, you have to think and you have to listen what… — 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
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