I think if there's ever been a time we need music more, it's now. For our kids, it teaches you to take time, to listen, to work together, to listen to other people, and to use your brain. That's why classical music doesn't work when you throw it at people in a subway platform while they're rushing to work. Classical music is something that needs to be contemplated, you have to be completely present with an active mind that's working. It's not background music.
Being a classical musician, you're doing many things anyway. One day you're doing Bach concerto and the next you're doing some avant-garde thing. It'… - Joshua Bell
Being a classical musician, you're doing many things anyway. One day you're doing Bach concerto and the next you're doing some avant-garde thing. It'…
- Joshua Bell
There are days that I get neurotic with the instrument [violin]. Every little adjustment will change the balance for good or for bad. It's kind of a … - Joshua Bell
There are days that I get neurotic with the instrument [violin]. Every little adjustment will change the balance for good or for bad. It's kind of a …
There are some days I take my violin out and it feels dreadful, like nothing is responding, and I want to sell it and get rid of it. And the next day… - Joshua Bell
There are some days I take my violin out and it feels dreadful, like nothing is responding, and I want to sell it and get rid of it. And the next day…
I think if there's ever been a time we need music more, it's now. For our kids, it teaches you to take time, to listen, to work together, to listen t… - Joshua Bell
I think if there's ever been a time we need music more, it's now. For our kids, it teaches you to take time, to listen, to work together, to listen t…
When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story. - Joshua Bell
When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story.
Kids need to be structured in some way, but you don't want to force something down their throats that they have no interest in. - Joshua Bell
Kids need to be structured in some way, but you don't want to force something down their throats that they have no interest in.
You only live once, so I try to say yes to everything. - Joshua Bell
You only live once, so I try to say yes to everything.
What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do. - Joshua Bell
What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do.
You don't have to have lots of love affairs to know what love is. - Joshua Bell
You don't have to have lots of love affairs to know what love is.
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion