Everybody has a different kind of talent and a different timetable as to when they develop.

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

Sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.

When you talk about a million bucks, if you think about it very carefully, it's not that much money, if you start to divide it. You have to figure out a philosophy as to whom you want to give it to.

I can't walk very well, but I'm not onstage to do walking. I'm on the stage to play.

Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition.

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.