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Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.
Itzhak Perlman
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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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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
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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
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Sometimes you get from the mouth of kids wonderful things.
Itzhak Perlman
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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
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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.
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A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays.
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So many things can drive you mad as a child, not only music.
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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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