Just imagine yourself in a wheelchair. Go through the building. If there's a place you can't go in, it's not accessible.

Every musical phrase has a purpose. It's like talking. If you talk with a particular purpose, people listen to you, but if you just recite, it's not as meaningful.

One must always practice slowly. If you learn something slowly, you forget it slowly.

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.

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.

A lot of people like to think that polio was a inspiration in what I do. I think that music has to do with what kind of passion do you have.

..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.