I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day.
Itzhak PerlmanI find personally that when I go to a place where I can't get in, I feel hostility from whatever it is, a hotel, a shop, a market, a street corner where there are no curb cuts, because somebody forgot to put them in, and where I have to go two blocks to the corner to do it. A lot of the excuses are, "Well, this is an old building." That's my favorite one. "This is an old building." It's as though 50 years ago, people with disabilities did not exist. As if the disabled are a new problem. It has always been a problem.
Itzhak PerlmanWhen 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.
Itzhak PerlmanOne of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening.
Itzhak Perlman