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Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities.
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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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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!
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Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.
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There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasn't, thank God.
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The difference is that with Ebola, it is such a devastating disease, and there is still no cure. They're still working on vaccines. The fact of the matter with polio, there is a cure; there is a vaccine.
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In the musician, there is a tendency to have a narrowness. It's all compartmentalized. I am playing the violin; that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day.
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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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A talented child will have a schedule that is horrendous. You get up and practice, go to school, practice some more, eat dinner, and then you have homework.
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I have always been very proud of my Jewish heritage, which has greatly influenced my music, my world view, and my work as an advocate for individuals whom society often leaves behind.
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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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Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled.
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When you live in a small country such as Israel, the dream of any musician is to go abroad.
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I actually wanted to play the violin before I had polio, and then afterwards, there was no reason not to.
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I'm a mushroom freak. I make a mushroom soup where I use maybe six or seven varieties, not just portobello and shiitake, but dried porcini and morels.
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To bring a large audience to a piece of serious music and make it accessible does not mean reducing it in any way. And I've learned that if something is good, even if it is a little difficult, people will get that it is good.
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Life is always full of challenges. I believe you're never happy unless you're consistently making challenges for yourself.
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I'm a great sports fan, you know. I love to watch tennis and basketball and baseball and so on.
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I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day.
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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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I always find Bach to be an expression of a love of life. There's an enthusiasm that's absolutely contagious.
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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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