You don't have to have lots of love affairs to know what love is. — Joshua Bell Affair Copy Share Image
I like working with kids because I enjoy seeing the looks on their faces and, it's kind of selfish, I want a… — Joshua Bell Audience Copy Share Image
The best way to refine an interpretation is by getting out and performing. — Joshua Bell Best way Copy Share Image
I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity. — Joshua Bell Expectations Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to have parents who started me on music very early, but most kids don't get that kind of… — Joshua Bell Enough Copy Share Image
Music plays a huge role in the movie. The music in Star Wars, I can't imagine what the movie would have been… — Joshua Bell Film Copy Share Image
What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do. — Joshua Bell Continuing Copy Share Image
When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story. — Joshua Bell Pieces Copy Share Image
There's nothing more frustrating than seeing a conductor say, 'Play softer,' as they're waving their hands in huge gestures. — Joshua Bell Conductor Copy Share Image
I mean, the great secret is that an orchestra can actually play without a conductor at all. Of course, a great conductor… — Joshua Bell Actually Copy Share Image
There are some great teachers who have had great students, but they themselves can't play a note. I don't understand it, because… — Joshua Bell Great teacher Copy Share Image
I use Facebook quite a lot to keep up with my friends, although I had to delete 'Words With Friends' from my… — Joshua Bell Although Copy Share Image
Actors want to do Shakespeare again and again, or want to do Hamlet. When you hear one guy do Hamlet and another… — Joshua Bell Actors Copy Share Image
If you mess up the tiniest little thing in the Beethoven concerto, or the phrasing isn't just exactly perfectly executed, Beethoven brings… — Joshua Bell Beethoven Copy Share Image
I always find it funny when people say, "I don't really like classical music" or "it doesn't do anything for me." I… — Joshua Bell Affected Copy Share Image
There are days that I get neurotic with the instrument [violin]. Every little adjustment will change the balance for good or for… — Joshua Bell Adjustment Copy Share Image
Social media puts us inside our phones and our computers and our headphones, and we're not connecting so much with our outside… — Joshua Bell Addiction Copy Share Image
Kids need to be structured in some way, but you don't want to force something down their throats that they have no… — Joshua Bell Balance Copy Share Image
I don't want to portray myself as a daredevil. I'm not at all. — Joshua Bell Daredevil Copy Share Image
No one tells you what to do if you completely flop at the beginning of a performance. — Joshua Bell Flop Copy Share Image
I like trying things, I am kind of adventurous and I like thrill seeking. — Joshua Bell Adventure Copy Share Image
The man on the street, he knows who Beethoven is, he knows who Mozart is. — Joshua Bell Beethoven Copy Share Image
When you play for ticket-holders, you are already validated. I have no sense that I need to be accepted. I'm already accepted. — Joshua Bell Accepted Copy Share Image
I grew up in a musical family, but nobody was a professional musician. — Joshua Bell Family Copy Share Image
At a music hall, I'll get upset if someone coughs or if someone's cellphone goes off. — Joshua Bell Cellphone Copy Share Image
In art and music, particularly in the 20th century, there was a big period there where for something to be called profound… — Joshua Bell 20th century Copy Share Image
I don't listen to a lot of music when I have my free time. But I'll go to a jazz club and… — Joshua Bell Clubs Copy Share Image
We live in the least ugly time in history. If you look at back when Beethoven was writing, half the kids were… — Joshua Bell Back when Copy Share Image