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Trust your ability!
I listen to kids play a lot.
I love to work with young kids.
That's the goal, to survive your gift.
The problems of the disabled are unpopular.
There is nothing like a fine Italian sound.
Every person with a disability is an individual.
Brahms is one of my all-time favorite composers.
The most important thing to do is really listen.
I feel that you always pay when you are a child.
There is no such thing as getting rid of nervousness.
You decide to be a musician, you have to put in the time.
That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise.
Sometimes you get from the mouth of kids wonderful things.
Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition.
So many things can drive you mad as a child, not only music.
One of the great challenges is to know when things are not right.
Life is not as easy as it could be for a person with a disability.
An amazing gift in a young child is, in some ways, an abnormality.
If you can read, then you can recite Shakespeare. But that's not acting.
I couldn't only do one thing--I don't want the personal hell of oneness.
The 'Mozart Symphony No. 27' is an early composition. I find it charming.
I always find that there is a real communication between voice and violin.
I am an eternal optimist. I always say 'Yihyeh Tov' or 'It'll get better.'
I have just one fiddle. It works, and that's it. It has been an old friend.
My oldest daughter is a pianist; she plays concerts. We play together, also.
Israel is the country of my birth. When I come here, I feel I'm coming home.
Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities.
Never miss an opportunity to teach; when you teach others, you teach yourself.
I always consider myself lucky that I can actually cry listening to some music.
A Century of Wisdom is universal and will enrich readers for generations to come.
The arts are part of the fiber of American society and should get Federal support.
I can't walk very well, but I'm not onstage to do walking. I'm on the stage to play.
Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.
One must always practice slowly. If you learn something slowly, you forget it slowly.
As for minimalism, I don't care, don't care, don't care to repeat myself, repeat myself.
Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled.
Everybody has a different kind of talent and a different timetable as to when they develop.
When you live in a small country such as Israel, the dream of any musician is to go abroad.
Only one of my grandchildren is serious about a musical instrument. The others dabble in it.
Access Living is a powerful voice for people in the Chicago area who live with disabilities.
Television will always err on the side of making something not quite as classy as it could be.
I'm a great sports fan, you know. I love to watch tennis and basketball and baseball and so on.
There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasn't, thank God.
The thing is that I always consider myself lucky that I can actually cry listening to some music.
One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening.
Sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.
This machine, the wheelchair, I can go all over the place, but you need a place without stairs to get in.
I actually wanted to play the violin before I had polio, and then afterwards, there was no reason not to.
A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays.