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A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays.

You decide to be a musician, you have to put in the time.

The most important thing to do is really listen.

If you play something well, I don't care what it is. I mean, I don't play an electric [violin] - I tried. It's actually interesting.

Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled.

That's the goal, to survive your gift.

Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.

I can't walk very well, but I'm not onstage to do walking. I'm on the stage to play.

There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasn't, thank God.

Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities.

For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them.

In difficult times, people just like to hear music. They like to be moved by what they hear. And music speaks different languages.

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.

I love to work with young kids.

I feel that you always pay when you are a child.

There is nothing like a fine Italian sound.

This has been my vocation to make music of what remains.

So many things can drive you mad as a child, not only music.

A Century of Wisdom is universal and will enrich readers for generations to come.

I listen to kids play a lot.

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.

I do three things. I do teaching, I do conducting and I do playing. And each one of those sort of helps the other.

Sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.

I couldn't only do one thing
I don't want the personal hell of oneness.

Everybody has a different kind of talent and a different timetable as to when they develop ..

Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition.

A lot of people like to think that polio was a inspiration in what I do. I think that music has to do with what kind of passion do you have.

That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise.

Trust your ability!

I always consider myself lucky that I can actually cry listening to some music.

I'm just a one-instrument player. I have been known to play a blender, but I basically play - just play the violin.

Sometimes you get from the mouth of kids wonderful things.

This machine, the wheelchair, I can go all over the place, but you need a place without stairs to get in.

I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day.