Perhaps our task in this shaky, fast-changing, bewildering world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that we have, and then, when that is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.
Itzhak PerlmanI 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.
Itzhak PerlmanI'm just a one-instrument player. I have been known to play a blender, but I basically play - just play the violin.
Itzhak Perlman