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.
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 … - Itzhak Perlman
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 …
- Itzhak Perlman
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 th… - Itzhak Perlman
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 th…
One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening. - Itzhak Perlman
One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening.
The most important thing to do is really listen. - Itzhak Perlman
The most important thing to do is really listen.
In difficult times, people just like to hear music. They like to be moved by what they hear. And music speaks different languages. - Itzhak Perlman
In difficult times, people just like to hear music. They like to be moved by what they hear. And music speaks different languages.
One of the great challenges is to know when things are not right. - Itzhak Perlman
One of the great challenges is to know when things are not right.
Sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left. - Itzhak Perlman
Sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.
Never miss an opportunity to teach; when you teach others, you teach yourself. - Itzhak Perlman
Never miss an opportunity to teach; when you teach others, you teach yourself.
One must always practice slowly. If you learn something slowly, you forget it slowly. - Itzhak Perlman
One must always practice slowly. If you learn something slowly, you forget it slowly.
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