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Life is not as easy as it could be for a person with a disability.
Itzhak Perlman
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Itzhak Perlman
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 31
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For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them.
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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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Same thing with harmonies. If you hear something that harmonically is interesting, express it. So that's what I'm saying about talking the music rather than just playing through.
Itzhak Perlman
This machine, the wheelchair, I can go all over the place, but you need a place without stairs to get in.
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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.
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Everybody has a different kind of talent and a different timetable as to when they develop.
Itzhak Perlman
I feel that you always pay when you are a child.
Itzhak Perlman
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
Sometimes you get from the mouth of kids wonderful things.
Itzhak Perlman
Every person with a disability has a slightly different kind of disability. Not everybody has the same problems. Usually the wheelchairs are the wheelchairs. It's the same height and so on. It's a problem.
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Believe me, I've had interviews where the person says, So when did you start and why? What about your parents? I say to them, Please, have you heard of the word Google?
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Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities.
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If you play something well, I don't care what it is. I mean, I don't play an electric [violin] - I tried. It's actually interesting.
Itzhak Perlman
I listen to kids play a lot.
Itzhak Perlman
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.
Itzhak Perlman
The most important thing to do is really listen.
Itzhak Perlman
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.
Itzhak Perlman
You decide to be a musician, you have to put in the time.
Itzhak Perlman
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 beating time.
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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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