You don't have to have lots of love affairs to know what love is. — Joshua Bell Affair Copy Share Image
When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story. — Joshua Bell 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
What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do. — Joshua Bell 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
At a music hall, I'll get upset if someone coughs or if someone's cellphone goes off. — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
I grew up in a musical family, but nobody was a professional musician. — Joshua Bell Family 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 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 Copy Share Image
Although I hardly ever turn on the TV set unless it's football season, I do watch a lot of TV on my… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
A conductor can do wild things which can feel forced, but if you're directing from within the orchestra, you can't do that,… — Joshua Bell Conductor Copy Share Image
Being a classical musician, you're doing many things anyway. One day you're doing Bach concerto and the next you're doing some avant-garde… — Joshua Bell Classical music 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 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
I don't sleep with a violin in my bed, but there is something very magical about the instrument. You open up the… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
Every orchestra is different. Sometimes, you're blown away by a particular musician. If I'm playing the Brahms concerto, it's crucial to have… — Joshua Bell Blown away 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
There are days that I get neurotic with the instrument [violin]. Every little adjustment will change the balance for good or for… — Joshua Bell 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
For some reason I can't explain, artist and musicians tend to look younger than our age. Being in music, you need this… — Joshua Bell Age Copy Share Image
There are some days I take my violin out and it feels dreadful, like nothing is responding, and I want to sell… — Joshua Bell Bad day 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 Copy Share Image
I think if there's ever been a time we need music more, it's now. For our kids, it teaches you to take… — Joshua Bell Background music Copy Share Image
I open up my violin case every day, and have one of the great creations. It is very inspiring. It makes you… — Joshua Bell Artist Copy Share Image
The best way to refine an interpretation is by getting out and performing. — Joshua Bell Best way Copy Share Image
I like trying things, I am kind of adventurous and I like thrill seeking. — Joshua Bell Adventure 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