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Daniel Barenboim quotes: The Germans are prisoners of their past.

The Germans are prisoners of their past.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: Germany will never be a real, free thinking and free feeling friend of Israel, because it will always fall under this shadow.

Germany will never be a real, free thinking and free feeling friend of Israel, because it will always fall under this shadow.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: There are probably many people in Israel who believe that Wagner, who died in 1883, lived in Berlin in 1942 and was friends with Hitler.

There are probably many people in Israel who believe that Wagner, who died in 1883, lived in Berlin in 1942 and was friends with Hitler.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: I can't stand going out to one more dinner with some Mrs. So-and-So who might leave a million dollars to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra when she dies.

I can't stand going out to one more dinner with some Mrs. So-and-So who might leave a million dollars to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra when she dies.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: What the world is saying to us human beings is, 'Don't stick to the old ways, learn to think anew.' And that's what musicians do every day.

What the world is saying to us human beings is, 'Don't stick to the old ways, learn to think anew.' And that's what musicians do every day.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.

Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: An Israeli who thinks that his government is doing everything right wouldn't join the Divan Orchestra in the first place.

An Israeli who thinks that his government is doing everything right wouldn't join the Divan Orchestra in the first place.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: I love conducting. What I'm tired of is music administration. I don't want that. I just want to make music.

I love conducting. What I'm tired of is music administration. I don't want that. I just want to make music.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: In the beginning, there was silence. And out of the silence came the sound. The sound is not here.

In the beginning, there was silence. And out of the silence came the sound. The sound is not here.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: I have music in my brain all the time, all sorts.

I have music in my brain all the time, all sorts.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: I don't believe that the entire world is constantly anti-Semitic.

I don't believe that the entire world is constantly anti-Semitic.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: There are wonderful restaurants in London. I love Indian food and I like Arab food, and I go very often to the Arab restaurant Noura.

There are wonderful restaurants in London. I love Indian food and I like Arab food, and I go very often to the Arab restaurant Noura.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: I have the greatest respect for the survivors of the Holocaust. We can't even imagine what these people went through.

I have the greatest respect for the survivors of the Holocaust. We can't even imagine what these people went through.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: The Barenboim Foundation has nothing to do with politics.

The Barenboim Foundation has nothing to do with politics.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: You can't expect someone born into a family with no music ... to understand when I'm conducting the Schoenberg Variations.

You can't expect someone born into a family with no music ... to understand when I'm conducting the Schoenberg Variations.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: In my mother's belly, I remember not liking the tempi my father played the Beethoven Sonatas in.

In my mother's belly, I remember not liking the tempi my father played the Beethoven Sonatas in.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: When you love somebody and they die young and you are young, too, it is very hard.

When you love somebody and they die young and you are young, too, it is very hard.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: Not only has the eyes taken over, but we have anaesthetised the ears through all the muzak that we hear all the time.

Not only has the eyes taken over, but we have anaesthetised the ears through all the muzak that we hear all the time.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: The Steinway piano is such an incomparable instrument. Due to its virtues, I am able to express all my musical feelings.

The Steinway piano is such an incomparable instrument. Due to its virtues, I am able to express all my musical feelings.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: When playing music, it is possible to achieve a unique sense of peace.

When playing music, it is possible to achieve a unique sense of peace.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: For many people, music is here to let them forget the daily chores of life.

For many people, music is here to let them forget the daily chores of life.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: There are many types of silence. There is a silence before the note, there is a silence at the end and there is a silence in the middle.

There are many types of silence. There is a silence before the note, there is a silence at the end and there is a silence in the middle.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.

Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: I liked very much when we lived in Hampstead. We would go for walks on the Heath. I liked it better than living in the centre of town.

I liked very much when we lived in Hampstead. We would go for walks on the Heath. I liked it better than living in the centre of town.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: Music has the capacity to create a greater reality.

Music has the capacity to create a greater reality.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.

To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: I would like to be a terrorist for music education - to make a complete reform, all over the world.

I would like to be a terrorist for music education - to make a complete reform, all over the world.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: Today, conducting is a question of ego: a lot of people believe they are actually playing the music.

Today, conducting is a question of ego: a lot of people believe they are actually playing the music.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.

Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.

Daniel Barenboim quotes: Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease.

Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease.