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Itzhak Perlman
Israeli
Musician
About the author
That's the goal, to survive your gift.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Goal
Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Future
#Music
So many things can drive you mad as a child, not only music.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Music
Sometimes you get from the mouth of kids wonderful things.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Kids
That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Work
#Ability
#Music
One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Teaching
#Listening
The most important thing to do is really listen.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasn't, thank God.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#God
#People
#Age
This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in five or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Right
#Now
#Years
#May
#Development
#Fact
#Taste
#Oil
#Wine
Trust your ability!
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Trust
You get more nervous in front of a lot of people. That's why, when you play a concerto, you play with a small orchestra, in some place where you don't feel that it is as important as Carnegie Hall.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#People
#Play
I listen to kids play a lot.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Kids
#Play
In Paris they have special wheelchairs that go through every doorway. They don't change the doorways, they change the wheelchairs. To hell with the people! If someone weighs a couple more pounds, that's it!
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Hell
#Change
#Paris
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.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Work
#Problems
#Play
#Trust
Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#People
#Experience
#Competition
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.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Now
#Support
#Teaching
A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Nothing
#Water
Another thing that I don't like to do is show too much how it goes. I do it once in a blue moon. Sometimes there are lessons when I don't pick up a violin at all.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Moon
Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Possibilities
For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Potential
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,
Israeli
Musician
#People
#Talent
I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Nothing
#Day
#Practice
#Education
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.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Time
#Power
I feel that you always pay when you are a child.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
I love to work with young kids.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Love
#Kids
#Work
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,
Israeli
Musician
#People
#Challenge
#Future
#Music
#Care
Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled.
Itzhak Perlman,
Israeli
Musician
#Trouble