In Paris they have special wheelchairs that go through every doorway. They don't change the doorways, they change the wheelchairs. To hell… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
Just imagine yourself in a wheelchair. Go through the building. If there's a place you can't go in, it's not accessible. — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
This machine, the wheelchair, I can go all over the place, but you need a place without stairs to get in. — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
Every person with a disability has a slightly different kind of disability. Not everybody has the same problems. Usually the wheelchairs are… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
“I went to an airport and asked for a wheelchair. There were three of us in wheelchairs and only two porters, so… — 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
