Sometimes you get from the mouth of kids wonderful things.

For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them.

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.

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.

Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities.

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.

I feel that you always pay when you are a child.