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..I heard Ori Kam and was deeply impressed with his achievements as a violist. His technical and interpretive skills are truly unique. I see a great future for him.

Itzhak Perlman

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Itzhak Perlman
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 31
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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 I just scoot very quickly on stage, and they're saying, wow, look at this. He's so fast.
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I always say separate your abilities from your disabilities. You know, if I could play the violin, I don't have to play it standing up. I can play it sitting down and so on.
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For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop.
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I listen to kids play a lot.
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The Violin of my dreams. If you wanna play a pianissimo that is almost inaudible and yet it carries through a hall that seats 3,000 people, there's your Strad.
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I'm just a one-instrument player. I have been known to play a blender, but I basically play - just play the violin.
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Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities.
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Sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.
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Just imagine yourself in a wheelchair. Go through the building. If there's a place you can't go in, it's not accessible.
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Life is not as easy as it could be for a person with a disability.
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I feel that you always pay when you are a child.
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Sometimes you get from the mouth of kids wonderful things.
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I look at raising funds for The Perlman Music Program as a challenge and as a way to provide opportunities for people who care about the future of classical music.
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You decide to be a musician, you have to put in the time.
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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 all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in.
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The most important thing to do is really listen.
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One of the great challenges is to know when things are not right.
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I love to work with young kids.
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I couldn't only do one thing--I don't want the personal hell of oneness.
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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 listen with different ears. The most important thing that you need to do is really listen.
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